they are wonderful when it image. they are wonderful when it goes to people who go out of their way to do something for charity. always fantastic when the actions of noncelebrities are recognised. the honours has been tainted with the sense that some people get them, naming no names, because they have been around long enough. other people get them as a former political reward. nick clegg, for example. serving as deputy prime minister. if you have done that, you have formed an active public service. with a certain amount of humiliation. you got paid for it, rewarded for doing hisjob. some will be highlighting the fact graham brady, the head of the 1922 committee has also gotten one. it is to do with the backbenchers. he is the one who insures the votes go through. the conservative party shop steward. if there is to be a legalistic challenge towards theresa

may. he selects the letters. sir graham. quite helpfulfor theresa may to keep in sweet. i agree with tim. sprinkle some stardust on otherwise a very worthy list. i like the idea of someone who has done 25 yea rs the idea of someone who has done 25 years service for charity work, to recognised. it is a sense, how do they choose the people? isn't darcey bustle worthy? she was one of the brightest stars of the royal ballet. one of the greatest dancers in english is. why is it only when she has been on strictly that she gets the reward? always an element of snobbery. kenny dalglish, one of the

great football players and managers. went round and visited every single one of the hillsborough victims. nothing. if somebody is deserving of a knighthood in sport, it should be in. he was picked the people whom should have got them. the daily mail also going with barry gibb and darcy bussell. she's humble. for some people just opportunity to meet the queen. sir ringo starr, because his obe in 1965. in many people's guys, that was the start of the celebrity version of the system. people protested. people sent theirs back. some people say the honours system has never recovered. let's talk

about lord adonis, quitting with a thai raid against brexit. stepping down as the government's infrastructure g. labour peer, served as transport secretary in the past. says he cannot stay, he is at odds with the government of the way they are handling brexit. he calls nationalists and populist. reading the resignation letter, seems he has quit the government feels he should never have been made a member of it. he is in such profound disagreement with the governance policies. appointed to the important role by george osborne. one of a clutch of i'iew george osborne. one of a clutch of new labour grandees who found a home with the camera in administration. another one alan milburn, a couple of weeks ago quit as the head of the social mobility unit. he said the

government did not have the bandwidth as the consequence of brexit to do with social mobility. he's also complaining about brexit. the tories will say in response, well, since the public voted for it, theresa may said brexit means brexit, parliament voted to trigger article 50, why has it taken you this long to realise the government is pursuing brexit? occurs you disagree with it, you cannot serve it. and issuing the resignation? might it be because the eu withdrawal bill is coming?|j might it be because the eu withdrawal bill is coming? i think these protests a re withdrawal bill is coming? i think these protests are the least interesting part of the resignation letter. he was always a staunch remain, nota letter. he was always a staunch remain, not a surprise he is opposed to the process. two bits which are worrying for theresa may. one, a

point that george osborne made earlier. if you lose the ability to have cross—party work for big projects. which covers several successive governments, like infrastructure. you have a problem, because it looks like the government is now unable to create that sent a grand coalition. therefore both parties look like they are further to the extremes. what is scandalous, you have stagecoach as the majority hold deli macca shareholder in east coast mainline. they were going to pay bigger than 3.3 billion which was going to get to the taxpayer. at the end of the franchise they say they

cannot afford any more. we're not going to get back the 3.3 billion we might geti.3 going to get back the 3.3 billion we might get 1.3 billion. it is scandalous. a private company can bail out of the contract, and the taxpayer is out of pocket. this will come back to haunt the government. daily mail, a central bank branches shouting this year. various different banks are doing this. we had a conversation about this. i last had a conversation about this. i la st we nt had a conversation about this. i last went to a bank over a year ago. i make last went to a bank over a year ago. imakea last went to a bank over a year ago. i make a point of going.|j last went to a bank over a year ago. i make a point of going. i have two, lam paid i make a point of going. i have two, i am paid in checks. i am paid by several publications by a check. every time i get £20. i refuse to

use the machine in the wall. i once lost £100, is swallowed a cheque. on a more serious note. this feels like a more serious note. this feels like a retread of what happened with the royal mail post offices. they shut down villages, local communities. perhaps it makes some sense, people we re perhaps it makes some sense, people were not using them. not sending letters as much. on the other hand many communities, your local bank, post office. local corner shop, the heart and soul of the community. they have very few shops, somewhere people can go he are not used to using stuff online. they can go where they are guaranteed that. particular problem for small business owners who need to catch up. they have to go to a bank of driving half an hour, up to an hour. a problem for the elderly, it gives them contact, the interaction. for them contact, the interaction. for the majority of people, they ping

money on their phones. it is an alien concept. i love the idea that history today pays you in checks. you have a generational distance.l generational difference.|j you have a generational distance.l generational difference. i try to avoid it, i have given into using one of those apps. i don't like people knowing what i'm doing, i feel exposed. when i use the internet for money. the mafia could steal the information. i sent money to the wrong place, took the money deli macca months to get about. daily telegraph. phone law confusion catching drivers out. hefty penalties if you are caught using your phone. that is what a lot of people thought was making calls. fascinating. fraser nelson was in

the car. his phone was scooting about the dashboard. he grabbed it, to stop it. had a quick look at the screen. to stop it. had a quick look at the screen. the next thing he knew he was stopped by the police and prosecuted for using his mobile phone. he, being stubborn, ticketing magistrates' court, to find out exactly what the lloris, and what is going on. he was found guilty. what he discovered, the advice is very contradictory. the government has tried to clamp down on people using phones in their cars, which makes some sense. in some instances it can be advised you don't do it. it can be advised you don't do it. it can be should not do it for a long period of time. some places have been prosecuting people for looking very briefly. even for using it as a navigation app. what exactly is it they're looking for? why are they

punishing people? nothing wrong with checking your saturn as when you are in yourcar. checking your saturn as when you are in your car. they are prosecuting people for any kind of interactive communication. if you are telephoning someone, texting, or using your saturn because it is internet—based on your phone. does not count if it is on your dashboard. there was a case where someone dashboard. there was a case where someone was using it to record their voice, they got away with it. that is not interactive communication. the interesting thing about this, fraser wrote this yesterday, taking the telegraph 2a hours to publish the telegraph 2a hours to publish the story. this is a comeback for the story. this is a comeback for the pub fight thinkers they have followed the pub fight thinkers they have followe d u p the pub fight thinkers they have followed up and investigated. they found the police are raising £4.6 million a year as a result of the finds. that is good follow-up. to use a saturn. do you use a lovely sepia map? i use one of those lovely

big maps. ifind sepia map? i use one of those lovely big maps. i find the sepia map? i use one of those lovely big maps. ifind the iphone distracting. having a conversation saying turn right now. i say thank you very much. i missed the turn. he's robert, the man who helps me. you very much. i missed the turn. he's robert, the man who helps melj call mine clearer. a reliable chap. thank jason beattie, and tim stanley. coming up next it's the weather with ben rich. it has been a fairly busy, active week weather. i cannot promise things will turn much quieter over the next few days. they will turn for aggressively less wind. some of us for aggressively less wind. some of us had snowy scenes that is how it looked in la nark. us had snowy scenes that is how it looked in lanark. northern areas will stick with something colder, milderair

will stick with something colder, milder air increasingly influencing the weather towards the south. with the weather towards the south. with the milder air outlets of rain pushing northwards and eastwards. potentially cult enough with snow on high ground in england. generally things turning milder towards the south. cold and across scotland and north east england. icy stretches taking us into tomorrow morning. cold start across the north. fairly wea k cold start across the north. fairly weak band of rain, and somerville ‘s note moving northwards across scotland. behind that brighter skies, but rain flirting with the south west. we'll be quite a blustery day. cold enough across the northern half of scotland for some showery, wet weather to be falling as snow. especially over high ground. temperatures nudging up. 6 degrees in glasgow. seven in belfast. sunshine and showers for the afternoon. bright set skies for england and wales. ii—i3d. across the south areas of rain sliding in.

as we head through saturday night, the wet weather is associated with a developing area of low pressure. does not look like much on the chart, named by the irish weather service storm didn't. could bring gales service storm didn't. could bring gates of the republic of ireland, perhaps northern ireland and scotland. also a band of heavy rain, scored the winds for england and wales for the first part of new year's eve. then we will see hefty shoveis year's eve. then we will see hefty shove is pushing is in the west. temperatures around 6—i2d. if you are celebrating at midnight, temperatures around 4—5d across the northern part of the country. higher further south. potential horschel is blowing into western areas. some showers could be heavy. into today, blustery winds, bright weather, rain and hill snow in the north, hires a 4-10d.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. knight fever — bee gees singer barry gibb and beatles drummer ringo starr are knighted while strictlyjudge darcey bussell made a dame, in the new year honours. labour peer lord adonis resigns as the government's infrastructure chief — with a scathing attack on the government's handling of brexit. the, which i think is being handled

very badly, taking britain out of the key economic institutions of the european union, the customs union and the market, it is affecting the whole conduct of britain. snow, ice, and strong winds disrupt many parts of the uk, with more forecast over the new year weekend. also this hour — the dog who's had pioneering treatment to save a leg