this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: michael palin and twiggy are among the stars recognised in the new year's honours list , others include the author philip pullman and many so—called ordinary heroes. the rising number of migrants trying to cross the english channel is declared a ‘major incident‘ by the home secretary. a tourist bus is hit by a roadside bomb near the giza pyramids in egypt killing three people. following an explosion in leicester in february, three men are found guilty of murdering five people. music retailer hmv is being put into administration — as customers turn to online and streaming services. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — political commentator, giles kenningham and the defence editor of the evening standard, robert fox — stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc

news. michael pailin has been knighted and the model twiggy has been made a dent ina the model twiggy has been made a dent in a new years honours list that recognises gareth southgate. the list is just out this evening — lizo mzimba has all the details. do you want me to what? you want me to go round the world. he has been transit -- to go round the world. he has been transit —— travelling the world for almost three decades, now michael pailin has received an award. almost three decades, now michael pailin has received an awardli almost three decades, now michael pailin has received an award. i am very surprised. i have done a lot of things in my life. none of which i felt was totally worthy of such recognition. maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. the world's top cover

girl was taking the german city by storm. twiggy has been a leading figure in the fashion world for more than half a century. she has been made a dame for her contributions to the arts and charity as well is a continuing fashion work. this honour is huge for me. i did not expect it. it was completely out of the blue, a shock. but the nicest shop in the world. who wouldn't want to be dame twiggy? how many of of you are there? the british cave divers involved in the rescue of 12 children and their team coach trapped inside a case in thailand early this year have been recognised with a range of awards honouring their bravery and expertise. some of oui’ their bravery and expertise. some of our team received letters a little while ago, asking if we would be prepared to accept some awards, which we very graciously said thank you for. it is nice for the team to be recognised. must be the happiest

englishman in the british isles tonight. in the world of sport, one—time england grandslam winning by one—time england grandslam winning rugby captain, now chairman of world by, rugby captain, now chairman of world rugby, bill beaumont has received a knighthood. they knighthood to fork alistair cooke, following his retirement from international cricket —— 24. following the world cup, england football captain gareth southgate becomes an 0be. captain harry kane an mbe, and made an 0be, well stood affronts winner geraint thomas. it comes to creatures like otters it is not always to be productive... presenter chris packham becomes a cbe for his work in nature conservation. while westworld actress teddy newton becomes an 0be for her film and charity work, as does downton abbey starjim carterfor services charity work, as does downton abbey starjim carter for services to drama. as in previous years, the majority of honours have gone to people who are not in the public eye

and he never expected this kind of recognition. and there has been recognised for her work campaigning against domestic abuse.|j recognised for her work campaigning against domestic abuse. i will a lwa ys against domestic abuse. i will always continue with this cause. getting an award like this means the world to me. itjust shows others. she isjust one world to me. itjust shows others. she is just one of the many people honoured for exceptional work that has made a real difference. the rising number of migrants trying to cross the english channel in small boats has been declared a ‘major incident‘ by the home secretary. more than 220 people have tried to cross since the start of november. in the latest incident, early this morning, 12 people were detained off the dover coast. the home office says it‘s only a matter of time before lives are lost, given the dangers of trying to cross the world‘s busiest shipping lane. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy has been following the story. it has been another flat calm day in the channel behind me. it is why we

have seen yet more crossings. two more today. two boat with a total of 12 men on board. that brings the total to about 220 migrants who have made this crossing just since november —— two boat. which is why sajid javid, the home secretary, has declared this a major incident. huddled in life jackets, these were some of today‘s arrivals off the coast of dover. two boats, with 12 more men, in what‘s becoming something of a surge in the numbers of migrants crossing the channel. they‘d managed to make it, despite the presence of this border force cutter that we filmed off folkestone today. the boat is currently the only one available to patrol this part of the channel. tony smith, who once ran border force, says it isn‘t enough to stop a disaster at sea. out on the channel, we do need more capacity to enable us notjust to spot these small boats but also to intercept them. and i think it needs an international effort, really, in collaboration with the french law enforcement agencies, to prevent them from coming in the first place. the government says that

although this is the only border force cutter currently patrolling off the coast of kent, they don‘t want to put more resources into this, for fear of attracting more migrants. the argument being that if the migrants and smugglers in france get wind that it‘s safer to cross the channel, then they‘ll be tempted to make the crossing. tonight, the home secretary, sajid javid, declared these crossings a major incident and said he is considering whether to bring in another patrol vessel. so, why is the government reacting now? well, in addition to today‘s 12 migrants, there were 23 people who crossed yesterday, and 40 more on christmas day, making a total of around 220 people since november. really what we need to do is to stop people making these journeys in the first place, so more patrol boats is part of the answer, but it‘s also having the resources on the ground we need and working in partnership with the french

to identify the gangs and stop them making the crossings in the first place. but refugee groups say until any new measures are brought in, we have a duty to let migrants land safely. these people have an absolute right to claim asylum here, they know that — there‘s no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker, these people have a right to come and seek asylum here. we want the government to be making it easier for them to do that, so they don‘t have to risk their lives. the intervention of the home secretary puts these channel crossings onto a higher level of government priority. but with the calm weather and a limited number of physical options to change things quickly, we‘re likely to see more migrants trying to make it to our shores. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in dover. i‘ve been speaking to steve valdez—symonds, from the human rights group amnesty, who explained the dangers the migrants have faced before attempting the channel crossing. well, you have to remember that the

people we are talking about have already taken extreme risks, even in getting to europe, let alone in crossing europe and getting to france. they have probably moved many of them over many, many months through different countries, forced on from one to the next because of the lack of safety and security for them in the places they have been through. many of them have probably been raped or tortured, subject to slavery in places like libya, long before they are in northern france. the risk they will take, if they are left in the desperate circumstances that many of them have been left in, four months and months on end in france, are, as you can see, extreme. in the fact is if the response is simply again and again to try to stop people‘s journeys, that would only force people to take greater risks than they have before. how much blame you lay at the feet

of the traffic is, though, who make very expensive promises and still put lives at risk? 0h, very expensive promises and still put lives at risk? oh, there are many people exploiting this situation in the most cruel ways. and so smugglers and traffickers who exploit people in these circumstances, i put an awful to blame on them, but at the same time he was creating and sustaining the circumstances where the exploitative people get to operate? it is governments. if governments who are refusing to take responsibility for fleeing war and persecution, if are refusing to take responsibility for migrants in very desperate circumstances who are left with their lives being squandered for months or years on end —— it is. their lives being squandered for months or years on end -- it is. a former senior immigration official, david wood, has been speaking about this in the light of the current surge in numbers, and his view is that you are, in effect, creating a demand if you go out into the channel and rescue people. surely it

is sending the wrong signal that we will pick you up if you take to the channel in an inflatable?” will pick you up if you take to the channel in an inflatable? i hate to say this, but the idea that anyone is sending a signal by rescuing people at sea that is detrimental is nonsense! if people are in danger of their lives then they need to be saved. this is exactly the sort of nonsense we have heard in response to the desperate circumstances where thousands of people drowned in the mediterranean. and we have seen in the past, when search and rescue has been withdrawn, more people died. i‘m afraid the same sort of thing happens in northern france. if you don‘t provide safety and security for people, they need to, they are compelled to take more desperate risks. but big that dublin agreement says that you are supposed to claim asylum, if that is what you are claiming, in the first part of the eu that you arrive in. clearly a lot of people are not doing that if they are travelling across france to get to the channel and it is only when

they arrive in britain that they do that. let's not something on the head there. the dublin agreement is an arrangement between states, european states. it is nothing about the legal obligations upon individuals seeking asylum. they are under international law, they are not required to make their asylum claim in any particular country at all. and they are doing nothing wrong in seeking to find somewhere safe. the problem with the dublin arrangement is that it is meant that an awful lot of pressure is put upon countries like greece and italy to try and deal with all of the people are riding in europe, or nearly all of the people are riding in europe, most of whom arrive at this moment in time arrived by sea across the mediterranean. that is not sustainable. so what happens is that people who are right in greece and are people who are right in greece and a re left people who are right in greece and are left in atrocious conditions for months, and indeed years on end, if they can they will try to move to they can they will try to move to the next country the hope of finding

somewhere safe. and we see that right across europe at the moment, because countries are refusing to come together and share responsibility, rather than leaving it to their neighbours. steve valdez—symonds from amnesty. one of the most familiar names in british retailing, hmv, has confirmed that it‘s calling in the administrators. the move affects more than 2000 staff at 125 stores across the country. sales at the music and film retailer have been hit by online competition and streaming services. it‘s the second time in five years that hmv has hit serious financial trouble, as our business correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. there‘s some flash photography coming up. from david bowie... ..to eltonjohn... ..to take that. they all chose the most famous name in high street music to launch an album. but that was then. now, hmv has collapsed into administration for the second time in five years.

the main reason? people are finding other ways to get music and movies. netflix or spotify. i don‘t ever buy anything. no, i don't buy any. i download everything. i like movies but i'm not bothered about having them on dvd all the time and stuff like that. so it won't be that bad for me, to be honest. hmv‘s current owners bought it out of administration five years ago. but today they said an extremely weak christmas and a poor outlook for music and dvd sales next year meant they couldn‘t go on trading. when it comes to physical sales, hmv is still a major force, with around a third of all music sales in the uk and about a quarter of the dvd and blu—ray market. but both are in decline and a big fall in recent months in sales of dvds seems to have pushed the firm over the edge. don‘t you get sick of it all? the rise of streaming services such as netflix and spotify means millions no longer choose to own dvds or cds, making the environment for a high street

entertainment retailer ever harder. i don‘t think that‘s the whole story. i mean, obviously hmv have seen a change in terms of sales as people move to digital access models. but actually, i think what we‘re seeing now is something akin to some malaise on the high street generally with high rent and rates and a very torrid christmas trading period this year. i bought my first records in hmv. it was kind of like a magical place. jimmy martin went on to work at hmv for 15 years and now helps run this store specialising in second—hand vinyl. he says there‘s still a place for music on the high street. i think it's all about making what is selling more desirable. i think there is a future for hmv. it's all second—hand product, the same way we do. i think there's a future for them to sort of diversifying and i think record shops can be as exciting as they were to me in 1985 when i first went into them. for now, the 125 stores remain open.

the search is on for a buyer who believes that a business which has been through almost a century of change can still have a profitable future. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. the family of two british women and a baby girl who died in a car crash, on holiday in iceland, have spoken of their horrifying shock. the tourists were in a vehicle when it crashed through the railing of a bridge on thursday. the women are believed to be rajshree and khushboo laturia. the baby is understood to be rajshree‘s daughter shreeprabha, born this year. four other passengers remain critically injured in hospital. in egypt, a roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus, killing three vietnamese people and a local tour guide. 11 others were injured in the incident in the attack, near the giza pyramids on the outskirts of cairo. the egyptian authorities say the bus triggered the device after diverting from its planned route. three men have been found guilty of murdering five people,

including a woman and her two sons, in an explosion at a shop in leicester. the blast destroyed a supermarket and the flat above where a family lived. the court heard that the men caused the explosion in order to make an insurance claim. this report by our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn contains distressing images from the start. a massive explosion rips through a building, tearing a hole in this city street. people who witnessed it thought a bomb had gone off. but instead, it was caused by a fire, started deliberately to profit from an insurance claim. it destroyed a polish shop and the flat above it. mary ragoobeer, two of her teenage sons, sean and shane, and shane‘s girlfriend, leah reek, who had arrived just ten minutes before, were spending a sunday evening together at home. all four were killed. the light went out of our world on that terrible night, and it is so difficult to put into words how much we miss leah. she was an amazing, inspirational

young lady who was just starting out on her life adventure. we know leah worshipped shane and they adored each other. when they were taken from this world. we are so grateful to the ragoobeer family for making leah so welcome. she loved being there and knowing she was always happy there gives us some comfort. also killed was 22—year—old viktorija ijevleva, who was working in the shop at the time. she‘d been conspiring with three men — hawkar hassan, arkan ali and aram kurd. they wanted to claim £300,000 in insurance because the business was failing. this cctv footage shows them buying more than 20 litres of petrol the day before the explosion. they also bought other flammable materials to intensify the fire. the jury heard the three men had deliberately left vi ktorija ijevleva, who was arkan ali‘s partner, in the shop to die because she knew too much about the scam. they also believed they would get

more money if people were killed. aram kurd ran the polish supermarket. prior to the explosion, he moved the cctv camera outside the shop to obscure the view. here he is at the scene just seconds afterwards. he‘d been in the basement when it happened. then, an hour later, talking to police. just go through then how it all come about. the bbc spoke to him the next day, before he was arrested. how are you feeling at the moment? i don't know how to tell you. never i feel how i am now. the three men will be sentenced next month for the murder of five people. a cynically planned fraud with no regard for human life. kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news, leicester. the headlines on bbc news: michael palin and twiggy are among the stars recognised in the new year‘s honours

list alongside many so—called ordinary heroes. the rising number of migrants trying to cross the english channel is declared a major incident by the home secretary. music retailer hmv is being put into administration as customers turn to online and streaming services. president trump has repeated his threat to shut the us border with mexico, unless congress agrees to fund his plan to build a wall between the two countries. the dispute, prompted by illegal immigration, has caused the partial shutdown of the us government. hundreds of thousands of federal employees are either on unpaid leave or continue to work without knowing when they will be paid. chris buckler reports. securing the long border between mexico and america has become the priority for president trump. he wants $5 billion to build a huge barrier that‘s not so easy to climb.

but he needs democrats to approve the funding for that long—promised border wall, and they‘re refusing, leading him to make a new threat. during a long series of tweets warning about the dangers of illegal immigration, mrtrump said... we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall. the president and his opponents are in a stand—off that has already ended funding for about a quarter of government programmes. some national parks, federal buildings and even the national christmas tree have faced closure as a result of the shutdown, leaving hundreds of thousands of government workers either on unpaid leave or not knowing when they will get paid. we made an offer last saturday night, they told us that they‘d get back to us by the end of the week, they got back to us last night and said, "we‘re leaving, that‘s it, no more discussions."

so, the discussions have broken down, we do expect this to go on for a while, we do expect to manage it. a small number of politicians did return to washington immediately after the christmas break to discuss the shutdown. but despite some shouted objections, congress only ended up meeting for a matter of minutes. the house stands adjourned until 10am on monday december 31, 2018. i was hoping the republicans were hearing what i was hearing back home from my constituents during the christmas holiday, which is, you know, you guys need to get back to washington and reopen the government. i mean, 800,000 federal workers don't know whether they're getting paid or not — that's a big deal. despite the practical difficulties, the white house insists the threat to close the border with mexico is real. and, if anything, the political divide many miles away from here in washington only seems to be growing. chris buckler, bbc news. a woman has been charged with the murder of two children at a home in margate. samantha ford, who‘s 37, and lives at the address, has been charged with two counts of murder, according to kent police. she‘s been remanded in custody

to appear in court tomorrow. the labour mp fiona 0nasanya has signalled that she intends to stay in the house of commons, despite facing a possible jail sentence. she was convicted of perverting the course ofjustice last month, and then suspended by the labour party. writing in her local newspaper, fiona 0nasanya said constituents should "rest assured" that she will remain their mp. lifeboat crew in cornwall say a man who the boat was lucky be alive. the man was treated for severe hypothermia and is now recovering. we can see the man holding on, holding onto the boat. we can see the man holding on, holding on to the boat.

lucky to be alive, the moment fisherman nathan rogers is pulled from the sea after being dragged five miles by his own boat. i‘ve never known anyone to be dragged behind a boat for that amount of time and to still survive is amazing. having fallen overboard, he‘s managed to clint onto hoses connected to hauling gear and had been in the water for an hour, travelling at six knots with his boat on autopilot. crashing into the pier. the boat hit the pier in newlyn and the rescue was filmed and the alarm raised by a family on a beach clean. i just saw the boat with no—one on it. i just saw the splash and the head bobbing up and down. what did you do then? i told my dad to phone 999. i was shouting, "swim, swim," but he was not moving at all. the lifeboat was on anotherjob when the alarm was raised. the skipper of the dream catcher wasjust holding him out of the water until we got alongside.

the fact that we passed him 2 miles further south and just steamed past him is quite frightening. they were just amazing, from the passing fishing boat to the crew. the crew was actuallyjust there rescuing another boat. they came so fast, you know? yes, they were just marvellous. taken to hospital with hypothermia, nathan rogers has been recovering at home today. an unfortunate accident with a happy ending here, but the incident has raised the dangers of fishing, particularly when alone, with some pointing to the importance of life jackets with safety measures, like locater beacons. obesity costs the nhs millions of

pounds. but some are left with folds of skin. some argued that treatment should not be available on the nhs. at his largest, jack was nearly 34 stone, living on a diet of takeaways. that was then, but this is now. he‘s lost 18 stone. that was after doctors told him he was at risk of dying young. but the dramatic weight loss has left him with another problem. so i have a lot of loose skin, especially around the torso area. i think at my age, being only 22, it‘s something quite difficult to live with. jack told me he was in a dark place when things got out of hand with his diet and lifestyle. eating was a comfort and it‘s a vicious cycle. you would eat to feel better. you would feel better, you would eat again and then you would feel bad and upset because you were getting bigger. he feels he did his bit by going on a rigorous diet to get his weight down. now he thinks his local nhs should do an operation to deal

with his folds of skin. i‘ve worked this hard to get myself out of a situation which could have cost the nhs a lot of money going forward. the mental aspect of having to deal with your body once you‘ve worked this hard for it can be quite challenging. getting body contouring surgery after weight loss depends on where you live. in kent, jack‘s local area, it‘s not possible to have the operation routinely on the nhs. but in hampshire, local commissioners will pay for it. in wales and northern ireland it‘s not routinely funded. but in scotland it is possible for some patients. the series of operations required can cost the nhs up to £24,000. but surgeons argue it‘s an essential part of the treatment of those who are tackling their own severe obesity. we must, must get away from the fact that people think this is cosmetic surgery. it could not be further from the truth. this is reconstruction and patients

do benefit from having the surgery. nhs clinical commissioners said the surgery was available in some cases but unfortunately the nhs does not have unlimited resources. forjack, it‘s a simple question of fairness. i‘m not doing this for just the cosmetic. it‘s for me to be able to live a normal life. to go to the gym and have to tuck yourself in, like a shirt, you have to tuck yourself in to be able to work out. it‘s very difficult in social events when you‘re wearing a shirt because you have a fold. it‘s notjust the cosmetic side, it‘s the kind of mental aspect and the effect that does have, especially being such a young person. one of the world‘s rarest birds, a species of duck called the madagascar pochard, has been given a new home. a team of british conservationists, from the durrell wildlife conservation trust and the wildfowl and wetlands trust,

have released a small group at a lake in the north of madagascar. as our science correspondent victoria gill reports, it‘s the first step in the recovery of the species. 0n the brink of extinction. the madagascar pochard was thought to have been wiped out completely, but a tiny group of the birds was rediscovered just 12 years ago, at one remote lake. wetland habitats here have been so polluted and damaged that the birds were forced into a last untouched area. but as pristine as it looks, this final refuge is actually too deep and too cold for the pochards to thrive. they are clinging onto existence in a place that isn‘t really suited to them. the threats that they face across the rest of madagascar — which is why they‘ve been wiped out so extensively — are vast and range from sedimentation, invasive species, pollution, poor agricultural practices. a whole suite of different things that combine to make the perfect

storm that really make it hard for a species like the madagascar pochard to survive. so conservationists embarked on a painstaking rescue mission. after bringing a few birds into captivity to start a breeding programme, the researchers scoured madagascar for the best possible site to bring them back to the wild. lake sofia, in the north of madagascar, will be the pochards‘ new home. and for the world‘s rarest birds, the team has developed an extra level of protection. well, it might be bit of a different climate here in gloucestershire compared to madagascar, but the team at the wetlands here have been able to develop this floating aviary. the idea is, it‘ll keep the birds safe and get them accustomed to their new lake. there they go, swimming off, swimming off... the doors to their floating aviary have now been opened and the pochards are venturing out to explore. it‘s a small — but significant — step, conservationists say, in saving one species

from extinction and in protecting madagascar‘s threatened wetlands. victoria gill, bbc news. and we‘ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers political commentator giles kenningham and defence editor of the evening standard robert fox — that‘s coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. with the new yearjust with the new year just around with the new yearjust around the corner, the weather patterns look likely to stay the same so it doesn‘t look like we will see any significant change to bring in the new year. the next few days we keep those cloudy conditions and it will stay mild and as we move into the weekend, we are under this influence of high—pressure and the wind is blowing in a clockwise direction around that high so driving in this mild about from the south.