good morning. welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and mega munchetty. our headlines today: named in the new year honours list, the british divers who rescued young footballers from a cave in thailand, and emergency workers at the manchester and london terror attacks. leading figures from the world of entertainment and sport, including michael palin, alistair cook and twiggy, are also recognised. the nicest shock in the world. who wouldn't want to be dame twiggy? the immigration minister is to visit dover today amid mounting concern about the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. in sport, unbeaten and six points clear at the top of the premier league — butjurgen klopp says liverpool's best is yet to come. it's saturday december 29th.

our top story — more than 1,000 people have been recognised in the new year honours list, including some of the emergency workers who responded to the terror attacks in manchester and london in 2017. also honoured were the british divers who helped rescue a team of young footballers from a cave in thailand. leading figures from the worlds of showbusiness, sport and fashion are on the list. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. do you want me to what? you want me to go round the world? michael palin says he's immensely grateful to receive a knighthood for services to travel, culture, and geography. i'm very surprised. i've done lot of things in my life. none of which i felt was totally worthy of such recognition. but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. the world's top fashion cover girl was taking the german city by storm. leading fashion figure lesley lawson, better known as twiggy, has been honoured for her work in the arts,

charity, and fashion. this honour is huge for me. i didn't expect it. it was completely out of the blue, a shock. but the nicest shock in the world. who wouldn't want to be dame twiggy? how many of of you? 13? 13, brilliant. british divers involved in this year's thai cave rescue have received awards for their bravery and expertise. some of our team received letters a little while ago. we were asked if we would be prepared to accept some awards, which we very graciously said thank you, thank you for. it's nice for the team to be recognised. must be the happiest englishman in the british isles tonight. in the world of sport, england rugby figure bill beaumont has received a knighthood. a knighthood too for recordbreaking batsman alistair cooke. following the world cup, england football manager gareth southgate becomes an 0be. captain harry kane, an mbe. and made an 0be, welsh tour de france winner geraint thomas. when it comes to creatures like otters, it's not

always terribly productive... in the world of entertainment, presenter chris packham becomes a cbe for his work in nature conservation. while westworld actress thandie newton becomes an 0be for her film and charity work. as does downton abbey star jim carter, for services to drama. as in previous years, the majority of honours have gone to people who aren't in the public eye, and who never expected this kind of recognition. andrea aviet has been recognised for her work campaigning against domestic abuse. it will always be, until the day i die, i'm going to continue with this cause. but, definitely, getting an award like this means the world to me, because, you know, it just shows others. she's just one of the many people being honoured for exceptional work that's made a real difference. lizo mzimba, bbc news.

and later in the programme we'll be talking to some of those who've been honoured, including rugby legend bill beaumont, the authorjulia donaldson and wildlife presenter chris packham. the immigration minister, caroline nokes, is to visit dover today, amid mounting criticism of the way the government is handling the surge in migrants crossing the channel in small boats. more than 200 people have arrived since the start of november, leading the home secretary to declare a major incident. simonjones is in dover for us this morning. simon, is there pressure mounting on the government to do more to stop this before someone loses their life? there is pressure certainly mounting. conditions at sea remain very calm, as they have done overnight. it is not very cold considering it is december. we are waiting to hear whether any more attem pts waiting to hear whether any more attempts have been made to cross the english channel during the night. yesterday there were two map votes containing 12 people. —— two boats.

it was only yesterday that the home secretary declared this a major incident. he has dispatched the immigration minister, caroline noakes, to immigration minister, caroline noa kes, to dover today. immigration minister, caroline noakes, to dover today. she is going to speak to members of the border force who were at the sharp end of this, and the local mp, charlie elphick. he has beenjumping up and down in recent weeks telling the home office that they need to get a grip on this and take it seriously. the big issue to be discussed will be whether there should be more boats patrolling in the channel. currently there is only one border force cutter and there are calls to that number to be increased to try to prevent anything tragic happening in the channel. it's been confirmed that administrators have been brought in to run the music retailer hmv, which has collapsed after suffering poor sales. the store's owners say high business rates and changes in consumer behaviour are to blame. the retailer employs more than 2000 staff across the uk. administrators from kpmg say they'll try to keep all 125 stores open while they're looking for a buyer. the government's spending more

than £100 million to charter extra ferries to ensure the delivery of essential supplies in the event of a no deal brexit. the plans would allow for almost 4000 lorries a week to take goods to ports like dover, plymouth, poole, and portsmouth. the department for transport says the arrangements are an important part of its preparations, but insists the government still wants to strike a deal with brussels. three vietnamese tourists and a tour guide have been killed after a bus in egypt was hit by an explosion as it made its way to the pyramids. ten other passengers and the bus driver were injured. two of them are said to be in a critical condition. it's the first deadly attack against foreign tourists in egypt in more than a year. new images of the volcano which erupted last week triggering a tsunami in indonesia, show the event was so powerful that it destroyed two thirds of its height and volume. researchers have been using satellite images of anak krakatoa to calculate the amount of rock and ash that slid into the sea.

more than 400 people were killed when giant waves crashed into coastal towns on the islands of sumatra and java and more than 150 are still missing. virgin trains is deploying staff wearing pink hi—viz vests who are trained in conflict resolution to deal with football fans using its services. the scheme has been trialled since the start of the season, and is now being rolled out on a more permanent basis. the company says it chose pink because it's known to have a calming effect on crowds. there's a warning that women are bearing the brunt ofjob losses because of automation. the charity the rsa found women had lost almost 400,000 jobs in the public sector, banking and retail since 2011, while the best paid newjobs are going to men. anisa kadri has more. technology has been replacing some

jobs for years. but as robots get increasingly clever, new research suggests women are being impacted more. jobs that involve repetitive movements in retail and other sectors are more likely to become automated. machines can help employees with their work. but they can also take jobs from people. the royal society for the courage meant parts manufacturers say its findings show that women are being affected. some of the areas that are being most affected right technology, administration, clerical work on the retail work, these are areas where lots of women are employed, so women are being adversely affected. the bad news, really, is that thejobs that are being created, the high status at high—paid jobs in technology, are predominantly going to man. so going forward, as technology accelerates, we have to think about how to ensure there are new opportunities for those women being displaced, but we also have to change the culture in technology so

that more women are employed in that sector. according to its research, some of the fast shrinking press —— professions a re some of the fast shrinking press —— professions are retail cashiers, teaching assistants and hairdressers. meanwhile, the fastest—growing jobs over the same period includes software developers and hr managers. the rsa says the growing tech industry is known to be male dominated, but the charity says there is still time to tackle any problems so that people, regardless of gender or age, can share in the spoils of new technology. an army officer has become the first british person to trek solo unaided across antarctica. captain lou rudd finished his mammoth 925—mile journey yesterday after 56 days. he's only the second person in history to complete the expedition without any assistance. he undertook the challenge in memory of fellow explorer and close friend henry worsley, who died from exhaustion just 30 miles short of completing the record solo crossing in 2016.

and we will be speaking to him. an amazing achievement. yes, unbelievable. another person did it, conditional on thursday, and in his own words he called it a minor miracle, that two people did it unaided. the first two people. i suspect because of the personal reasons why he was doing it, he doesn't mind that someone was a couple of days ahead of him. you will get the full story, 9:20am will be speaking to captain rudd on the phone from antarctica. let's bring you up—to—date with what is happening with the papers. the queen's new year honours list features on many of this morning's front pages. the i weekend focuses on the "ordinary people who are britain's heroes" who have been recognised, naming 29 of those who have been honoured on its front page. the daily telegraph reports on the migrant crisis and that the home secretary sajid javid is resisting calls for more navy patrol boats to be deployed to the channel, fearing it could encourage more people to risk the dangerous crossing.

"councils pay for rough sleepers to leave town," reports the guardian. an investigation by the paper claims to have found that local authorities have given thousands of homeless people one—way tickets to leave their areas in the past four years. and finally, the times leads on the rise in the number of people over 50 seeking treatment for drug abuse saying it has quadrupled in the past decade. it adds that admissions for the treatment of cannabis, cocaine and heroin misuse have soared. great image, twiggy looks great.

what has caught your eye? there is an interesting thing here inside the guardian today, talking about, you will appreciate this, if you have enjoyed a tipple over christmas or if you are enjoying or planning a new year's party. sparkling wine, the uk's £2.2 billion taste the sparkling wine drives sales to 164 million bottles in one year. that is talking about general sparkling wine, champagne, press echo, stuff like that. —— prosecco. there is a breakdown here of the number of bottles of british wine. lots of the champagne houses have been buying up land in the south of england in recent yea rs land in the south of england in recent years because of the chalk and the right facing slopes and every thing else. you sound like an expert on this, roger. well, i have a light interest in it. we are all

going around to your place for new yea rs. going around to your place for new years. i was driving yesterday, cherry blossoms. i am sure i saw a cherry blossoms. i am sure i saw a cherry blossoms. i am sure i saw a cherry blossom on a tree. i thought, no, that must the wrong. but it is something that has been picked up by a lot of people. that is in bournemouth? yes. blooming early. this tree, a gold in the most in bournemouth, thinks it is spring already. this is the daily mail. daffodils in december. it would quite interesting if any of you at home have seen any trees, in nature's topsy—turvy year. home have seen any trees, in nature's topsy-turvy year. it is phenomenal, that tree. it is com pletely phenomenal, that tree. it is completely in bloom. it usually shoots its blooms in february. this year they are out in time for the christmas turkey. it is saying, let me read this, it is saying that 2018 is likely to be the second sunniest year on record. how many hours of sunshine do you think we had?m total, or perday? in total. my goodness, i don't know. tens of thousands. 1575 hours of sunshine.

wright, probably down tens of of hours ina wright, probably down tens of of hours in a year. the record is 1587, in 2003. we will talk about this later with helen when she is doing the weather. we will see just how funny it is going to be this weekend. yes, we will be talking to her shortly. —— how sunny. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: as we have been discussing, talking about the new years honours, monty python star michael palin has been knighted and model twiggy made a dame in a new year honours list that also recognises the british divers who rescued thai boys from a flooded cave. the immigration minister, caroline nokes, will visit dover the immigration mini could

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