hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. a beatle, a bee gee and a ballerina lead the way in the queen's new year honours. # twist and shout! fab four drummer ringo starr becomes sir ringo. it's ‘saturday knight fever‘ for bee gees singer barry gibb. and darcey bussell is made a dame, saying she's humbled by the honour. good morning, it's saturday 30th december. also this morning: the government's infrastructure adviser, lord adonis, quits as he delivers a scathing verdict on theresa may's plan for brexit. we'll speak to him just after 8 o'clock. yesterday, it was the snow causing chaos. today, weather warnings are in place for ice and rain across parts

of the uk. good morning. ice is the main issue of the parts of northern england and scotla nd of the parts of northern england and scotland this morning but then it turns mild head of some very windy weather storm dylan coming tonight. all of the details in the next 15 minutes. in sport, australia captain steve smith — who else? — holds england at bay. he scores yet another century as england's hopes of winning the fourth test are dashed in melbourne. and it helped launch sir david attenborough‘s career and has given us plenty of magical tv moments. we'll look back at 60 years of the bbc‘s natural history unit, and what the future holds for it. good morning. first, our main story. the former beatles drummer ringo starr, barry gibb of the bee gees, and the former deputy prime minister nick clegg have all been knighted in the new year honours list. more than 1,000 people have been recognised in the list. stars from the world of sport include the wales and lions rugby union captain, sam warburton, who is awarded an 0be, and the world cup—winning england cricket captain

heather knight is to receive an 0be. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. twist and shout. more than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab four ‘s drummer has been honoured a knighthood. what would you do if i sang... recognising ringo starr's half a century long contribution to music. i get by with a little help from my friends. tragedy! former bg barry gibb says he was humbled and very proud to be made sir barry. with no one to love you, you are going nowhere. warhorse author and longtime children's laureate michael virgo to have been made a knight, he hopes his award highlights the

importance of literature for young people. reading, is a great bastian against stupidity and bigotry and ignorance. it is the greatest weapon we have a really, and the greatest assistance we can give them is to make them readers. strictlyjudge darcey bussell who is occasionally performed as the program to is made a dame. i am ticky roper. i am the night manager. those being made cbe is, the next highest level of award, include actor hugh laurie for services to drama. and bestselling writers authorjilly cooper. absolutely thrilled, i couldn't believe it, and i suddenly get a letter and what is it, a gas bill or something? this heavenly things saying you have a cbe. it's wonderful. i've got to run away.

singh and campaigner mark 0rmond is made an 0be for services to art and culture. musician and producer whiley known as the godfather of grime is made an mbe. commentator: pass to warburton. in the world of sports hamilton, who has captained wales and the british lions, is made an 0be. most of those being honoured are ordinary people doing extraordinary work, like happy to act as a mentor for young people. of course young people are everything to me, i am passionate about them and their life, their well—being and their welfare so permit be recognised for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever, so i am in complete gratitude and appreciation. the majority of honours to go to people who are not in the public eye to have given exceptional service. and in 2018 the honours committee said they will be looking to particularly recognise

individuals who were involved in the response to and the aftermath of the london and manchester terror attacks and the fire at grenfell tower. what and the fire at grenfell tower. what a list! we'll be speaking to the youngest recipient of the british empire medal at 8:20, and to the author michael morpurgo, who has been knighted — that's just after 9:00. wintry weather will continue to dominate the weekend for many parts of the uk with the met office issuing a yellow warning for ice in northern regions. the worst of the snow fell yesterday across northern england and scotland, where roads were closed. flights at glasgow airport were also temporarily suspended. the rac has warned that driving conditions will continue to prove difficult. matt taylor is in the weather centre to tell us what we can expect. tha nkfully thankfully for those on the move today we are not going to see some of the snowy scenes before across parts of the country yesterday at

the rest a little bit of snow around over the hills today and the big issue for those on the move in northern england and scotland is ice, the icy conditions following the snow and a drop in temperatures overnight and while the ice will be mainly morning issue, through the morning we gradually will see some rain, sleet and snow returned parts of scotla nd rain, sleet and snow returned parts of scotland at nowhere near on the scale of what we saw through last night. if you were on the move over the next 2a hour was the run up to new year's eve you have to watch proceedings out of the atlantic through the rest of today and is tonight. this is a developing storm, storm dylan, which will be the worst of its brand across parts of the republic of ireland but for northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, potentially north wales is widespread powers to take us through the night and into the start of new year's eve at a could even see gusts to 60- 70 year's eve at a could even see gusts to 60— 70 kilometres an hour it could cause trouble problems. i will have a full update with your forecast very shortly. the former labour minister, lord adonis, has stepped down from his role as the government's infrastructure advisor, blaming theresa may's

handling of brexit. he says he will "relentlessly" oppose the eu withdrawal bill in the house of lords. a government source said lord adonis walked before he was pushed. why differences with the government has just become too great, not only on brexit which i think has been handled very badly taking britain out of the key economic institutions of the european union, the customs union and the single market, but increasingly brexit is a fact in the whole conduct of government across whitehall. the white house has said the world is watching how iranian authorities respond to anti—government protests in several cities. in a statement, it said iranians were fed up with the regime's corruption and its squandering of the nation's wealth to fund terrorism abroad. the us state department condemned the arrests of protesters yesterday. thousands of people are said to have joined demonstrations in the cities of kermanshah, rasht, isfahan and qom. younger people will enjoy the biggest "inheritance boom" of any post—war generation —

that's according to the think tank the resolution foundation, which analyses living standards. however, the study estimates that the average age at which millennials will inherit something will be 61. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. people aged between 17 and 35 hoping to get the housing ladder could be set to inherit a lot of money from their parents. at it may come too late for some. according to the resolution foundation, the value of inheritances is set to double over the next 20 years. thanks to baby boomers aged between 50 and 70 leaving behind expensive property. but the think tank says the average age of someone inherits is now the one, meaning too late for many of today's househunters. across the piece the financial situation, the living standards picture of a millenials is quite concerning. they

are earning less than those 15, 10 01’ are earning less than those 15, 10 or 15 years before them were at the same age, they are less likely to own a home and while they may be saving into a pension, it is less likely to be one of those goldplated final salary pensions in the round quite concerning pictures for far too many millenials today. 17- 35 the roz inheriting more money than any previous generation will only be able to use it in their old age. all by passing it onto their own grandchildren. commercial broadcasters, including channel 4 and itv, are to receive an extra 60 million pounds from the government to increase the range of children's television programmes in the uk. the money, left over from the last bbc licence fee settlement, will pay for half the costs of original shows. ministers say they want to see greater variety in a market dominated by the bbc. if the cold weather has got you thinking about summer sunshine, there's a warning today from the consumer group which? that holiday firms may be misleading consumers. many tour operators promote money—off deals, providing travellers book by a certain date. but a study found that half

the holidays advertised were the same price, or even cheaper, after the offer expired. the firms involved have all denied misleading their customers. volunteers have released thousands of baby turtles into the sea off west mexico. it's part of a project to protect the endangered olive ridley hatchlings, whose numbers have fallen sharply in recent years, largely due to poachers. it's hoped the creatures will return to the beach in around 30 years to lay their own eggs. lovely. we will bring you that update in 2047. it is 6:10 am and let's look at the front pages. the guardian has a picture of dame darcey bussell, australia come dancing judge and an established

t—mobile arena. the main story is the 20,000 british men who are potential child abusers. the police chief in charge of investigating paedophile as tens of thousands of british men have shown interest in sexually abusing children and the story here on the other side of the newspaper is that lord adonis has quit, calling theresa may the voice of ukip so we will be talking to him, the former labor minister who has resigned as the chair to the infrastructure commissioned later on in the program. on the honours front, the daily mirror have a great headline here to accompany the fact that barry gibb will be so barry the bg. what else, saturday knight fever, on a saturday morning, what could be better. the daily mirror has a could be better. the daily mirror hasa similarline, could be better. the daily mirror has a similar line, it is saturday knight fever and dame strictly but looking at bank branches and this is something we have spoken about a fair bit, at least 800 bank branches have been shut this year, a rate of two hour day. it is taking a look at

start. the daily telegraph is talking about confusion as far as the law is concerned using phones in ca rs. the law is concerned using phones in cars. it says in some cases, drivers have been told they can't even touch their phone. in other cases, drivers have been told it is ok to program in your phone to use it as a satellite navigation device using maps that it is calling for clarification about what the war workerfor clarification about what the war worker for law actually is, and consistency across the country. the ft. consistency across the country. the ft, talking about this yesterday, the ftse 100 ft, talking about this yesterday, the ftse100 it has of course the 100 biggest publicly listed companies, taking a look at global stocks, saying they had enjoyed their best annual performance since crisis recovery and it was accelerating economic growth across the world. in the story we are looking at here, holly neill is, these people born in the 80s ——

millenials. there will inherits double of what their parents did but isa double of what their parents did but is a caveat, they have to wait on average until they are around to enjoy the windfall. it means that the housing crisis has got big problems because it will may have inherited some money, it can put a deposit in the house and that a younger and will get more money but they will have to wait later to get onto the housing ladder. darcey bussell e on the times, have we done this? a picture of her, we mentioned the report from which? today, talking about dodgy deals as far as holidays are concerns. some deals which look good if you book by a certain date, they may not be as good as they appear because you can get a better deal by waiting longer sometimes, and tilda suppose the deal is over! will talk a bit more about that as the morning goes on. did we speak about ben saunders yesterday? this is the man on a polar expedition and he was trying to cross the south pole, doing it in

memory of his friend, lieutenant colonel henry worsley, and he had to give up because of food rations, he didn't have enough to get him through. we are going to talk to him later on breakfast. 0ne through. we are going to talk to him later on breakfast. one of the quotes he has put out is that a live donkey than a dead lion. better that he isa donkey than a dead lion. better that he is a bit of australia failure to live, ready to try again, and a dead hero. he is aged 40, he abandoned his mission to cross antarctica that we will talk to him later and i do believe that this is the last we will seeing of him. we shall find out later in the program. he has been a friend of the program, he has been a friend of the program, he has been speaking to us for a while. mattjoins us from the weather centre. time to look into the new year. how was it looking? a bit lively, i have to say. let's

deal with the here and now. after the wintry weather in the past few days you will be pleased to hear things are turning milder today. blustery at times. those winds will pick up as we go into tonight. if you are about to hit the roads and pavements there are icy conditions across parts of scotland and north—east england. misty in places as well, especially over the hills. showers for the northern isles. much of scotla nd showers for the northern isles. much of scotland begins the day dry, some wet weather pushing through northern ireland. icy across north—east england. flurries of snow across the moors of yorkshire in the past hour, clearing away now. particularly grey in the midlands and east anglia. elsewhere, clearer skies and note the temperatures, double figures to begin the day across wales, the midlands and much of southern england. that is because the wind is coming in from the south—west, gradually pushing into most parts through the day. scotland will see a speu through the day. scotland will see a spell of rain, sleet and hill snow spreading from south—west to

north—east across the day, followed by sunshine. showers in south—west scotland, northern ireland and maybe northern england in the afternoon. but most places will be dry, sunny, and warmer than greatly. morinville way of cloud across the south to finish the day, and that is all linked to this. this is storm dylan, named by the irish weather service, with the republic airing the brunt. 0vernight northern ireland will see widespread showers and gusts of wind up widespread showers and gusts of wind up to 60 and 70 miles an hour. we could see minor flooding across the south, but it is the strengthening winds across the night for northern ireland, then eventually into southern scotland and northern england which will have big impact. snow over the higher ground of central and northern scotland as that would assist works north. but most will be going into new year's eve on a dry note. the strongest of the winds tomorrow, 6070 miles an hour cannot be ruled out in the morning, easing off into the

afternoon. the rain, sleet and snow clears away and there are projects showers in the west, but plenty of people will see sunny spells into the second half of the day. temperatures not 1 million the second half of the day. temperatures not1 million miles off what we will see throughout today. if you are off to new year's eve to celebrate the arrival of 2018, be prepared. there will be showers around. glasgow, manchester, down to the likes of plymouth as well, those showers will be coming through. in many places, the further east you are, should stay primarily dry as we finished it is 17 and ring the bells of the new year. and if it is a nice, clearing had walk you need for new year's day, there will be heavy showers around, and feeling a bit fresher. heavy showers, turning wintry later in the north and west of scotland. for most people, new year's day will be largely dry, fairly sunny, but breezy as well. i will have a date through the morning. —— have updates. you said on twitter that you have six three o'clock starts coming up?

new line yes, this is the first of them. iam new line yes, this is the first of them. i am just pleased that i did into my suit. it isa into my suit. it is a good way of making sure that you are better behaved. new year's day, you will be very smug while the rest of us are slightly groggy. possibly. we will see. it's 06:18 and you're watching breakfast from bbc news. for millions of us, sunday nights have been an opportunity to settle down and be taken on extraordinary journeys around the world's oceans. i am of course talking about blue planet two, the latest landmark series from the bbc‘s natural history unit. the team are celebrating 60 years of bringing wildlife from some of the most remote locations on earth into our living rooms. breakfast‘sjohn maguire has been looking through the archive. i spend several days wandering around the station, looking for animals. 0ne around the station, looking for animals. one day i was lucky. around the station, looking for animals. one day i was luckym

around the station, looking for animals. one day i was lucky. it is 1957, and a useful david attenborough is in the rainforest of what is now pop in new guinea, in search of new species. —— papua new guinea. these were pioneers, going to places where very few people had gone into taking filming equipment to record it, and going on proper adventures. colin jackson is one of the natural history unit's most experienced producers. he says these seminal days of the nhu and the exploits of david attenborough were revolutionary. he used to last the bbc for a large chunk of money and he would go off on film four months. he was on these amazing stories, these amazing adventures, and he would come back three months later and it would all be in the bag, and nobody would have heard from him, apart from the occasional letter, because that was the only way. the unit was officially formed in bristol in 1957, although radio had been covering wildlife for more than

ten yea rs been covering wildlife for more than ten years by then. for the first time, what had always been the preserve of amateur cameraman was showcased on the fledgeling medium of coalition. here are the pelicans, here we are filming them. now, let's watch the dive. this is the naturalist peter scott, exploring the caribbean. this time in slow motion. as we opened these things up, this goes back decades, there are up, this goes back decades, there a re rows up, this goes back decades, there are rows and rows like this. some of these were shocked decades ago, some more recently. —— shot. these were shocked decades ago, some more recently. -- shot. over the decades the planet has changed hugely, but the man who runs the unit today says its ethos remains the same. everything about what we do now is the same as it was then. it is about trying to get close to something. we are seeing what technology is available, how we can innovate that technology, how we can get our audiences even closer to the natural world. you know, to liberate those stories that science is pointing us towards. at this time, the mother develops a pouch beneath

her chin, which will hold about seven eggs. as technology advanced, the hu was able to bring the vivid colours of the natural world into our living rooms. —— nhu. colours of the natural world into our living rooms. -- nhu. technology isa our living rooms. -- nhu. technology is a wonderful enabler, but about the impassioned, without understanding how the wildlife is getting on and how we can go about filming that, that is what the power is, people's imagination, people thinking they want to share this with the rest of the world, and discovering little things. blue planet, discovering behaviour is even science hadn't seen before. but what will future projects find? the next 60 years will be all about the big stories around our relationship the natural world. species lost, abundance loss, and the kind of footprint of humankind on the world. but also the heroes that are bringing it back. because we have to bringing it back. because we have to bring it back. a sobering tale, perhaps, but one be nhu is determined to keep on telling. fantastic

fa ntastic stuff, fantastic stuff, isn't it? you can see what they have achieved. the task fish, that is what i am taking away. i like the alligator, with a little babies in its mouth. it is 6:22am, and it is time to catch up with the sport. a disappointment, really, when it comes to the cricket? it is, but you cannot fail to take your cap off to steve smith. despite the heroics of alastair cook in this fourth ashes test, 244 not out, and right, maybe that was it, they could salvage something. but he thought, no, mate. not on my watch. lam thought, no, mate. not on my watch. i am getting out of air and i am going to doubt this out. —— bat this out. all steve smith had to do was stay in, and he did. he reached another century. amazing stuff. what another century. amazing stuff. what an example he sets to his team. another century. amazing stuff. what an example he sets to his teamlj still think that though we lost the first three, we came fighting back in the fourth, to show that there is

some oomph. in the test in perth, as well, there was a resurgence. there have been glimmers of hope. australia rudge is far too good, i think that is all we can say. and that was cats with the sport. yes, the fourth ashes test has ended with a draw. captain steve smith was once again to thank. 0ff with a draw. captain steve smith was once again to thank. off to a decent start, joe root taking david warner out with only his second ball of the day. steve smith stood strong and finished on 102. that was before the ca pta i ns finished on 102. that was before the captains shook hands, agreeing on the draw. the teens had towards sydney, with australian leading the five match series 3—0. we will have reaction from our correspondent in melbourne later in the programme. staying with cricket, the england's women's skipper had a night received an obi in the queen ‘s new year's

honours list. her teammates tammy beaumont and bowler anya shrubsole are awarded mbes. shrubsole wasn't even the first person in herfamily to find out!! i had ihada i had a letter through the post that mum gave me when i came back. she had actually accidentally opened it, because it didn't say the name, she could just see the ad dress, and she opened the post. i think she knew one day before me. what we feelings when you read that? firstly, i will getan when you read that? firstly, i will get an opportunity to meet the queen, i love the queen. i thought, this would be my best shot. honestly, i was surprised. timor—leste couple of minutes to ta ke timor—leste couple of minutes to take it in. also in the new year's honours list, british and irish lions captain sam walker has been awarded an 0be. he led the lions in the drawn test series against new zealand. a full list of honours can be found on the bbc website. there was one premiership rugby match last night, and wasps won it 31—25 away at bath. the visitors made a great start and were 19—0 up, but this score from gaby lovobalavu

proved the difference in the end. wasps edging a bonus—point win to move ahead of saracens into second in the premiership. andy murray made his long—awaited comeback from a hip injury yesterday, playing a one set exhibition match in abu dhabi against spain's roberto bautista agut. the briton was a last minute replacement for novak djokovic who has had to delay his return from an elbow problem. murray wasn't at his best though, losing the set 6—2. this was his first competitive match since wimbledon. i felt better as it went on, obviously slow at the start. he is one of the best players in the world. when you haven't competed for a long time it gets a while to get a cuppa that pace. i started to feel better towards the end but only to keep improving foreshore. good to see him back out, anyway. cardiff city slipped

to a third consecutive defeat, losing 1—0 at home to preston in the championship. tom clarke got a late winner in a tight contest. preston are unbeaten in nine games and move to withn a point of the play—offs. cardiff remain third. millwall beat qpr 1—0 in the other game. manchester united manager jose mourinho admits his striker romelu lukaku needs a rest, but he can't give him one. lukaku has played in every premier league game this season, but has only scored four times in the last 19 matches. united host southampton in the tea—time kick—off. the boy is tired, he is physically a monster, he is not a machine. i think he is feeling it. but it is fantastic, for me. and for the team. and it gives absolutely everything. liverpool face leicester today but don't have their new their £75 million defender available. virgil van dyck won't join from southampton until the transfer window opens at the start of the new year. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says it was "not nice" paying so much for a player, but there was little choice. half

was little choice. a year ago, i think, it was a big half a year ago, i think, it was a big transferfor half a year ago, i think, it was a big transfer for an offensive player. now we have a big transfer for a defensive layer, and it is about a third of it. —— player. well, that's it. not nice, not nice, but that is the market, that is the world. and we have to adapt to that. it is just the price of football, isn't it? scottish premiership leaders celtic will move 14 points clear of rivals rangers should they beat them in the auld firm derby at parkhead this lunchtime. there are always great fixes to be involved in, wherever they are. it is special to play these games at celtic park. it will be the last game ofan

celtic park. it will be the last game of an incredible year for us. they are always pressured games, they are always great games that you look forward to. but of course in this cycle of games we have been so busy, you know? we only played a few days ago, on boxing day. all our focus is on those games, but the minute it finishes, we of course look forward to this. the 16—time champion phil taylor is through to the semi—finals of the pdc world darts championship after beating world number three seed gary anderson last night. this is taylor's final event before retirement, and the chances of him bowing out as world champion have increased considerably with this 5—3 victory at alexandra palace. he'll face qualifier jamie lewis in the semi—finals. reigning champion michael van gerwen plays rob cross in the other semi. could be a good, nice swansong for phil taylor. he could be a good, nice swansong for philtaylor. he focus, isn't he? well, that starts. despite the madness, that crazy pub atmosphere behind him, they all somehow managed

to do it. that is why they argue it isa to do it. that is why they argue it is a proper sport. he was saying la st is a proper sport. he was saying last week, the professionalism has almost gone too far. he said it is like walking into a doctor's surgery now, because everybody is so focused and determined. so much at stake, so despite all the madness behind... that is just professional sport these days. the stakes are so high, there is so much money in it, everybody has to be serious about it. got your darts name. john, everybody has to be serious about it. got your darts name. john, king of kings. where did you get this? is there a darts name calculator? yes, online. i there a darts name calculator? yes, online. lam naga be mutant. and there a darts name calculator? yes, online. i am naga be mutant. and you are catherine knee—jerk downs. knee—jerk! i was going to go with the claws. that is a bit scary. hello, this is breakfast

withjon kay and naga munchetty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. bee gees singer barry gibb and beatles drummer ringo starr have been knighted, and strictlyjudge darcey bussell has been made a dame, in the queen's new year honours list. the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg and the author michael morpurgo also receive top honours, while tv chef rick stein and author jilly cooper become cbes.