hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and roger johnson. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. 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, including a damehood for twiggy, and broadcaster michael palin becomes a "sir." i'm very surprised, because i've done a lot of things in my life, none of which i thought were worthy of such recognition. but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement.” cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. 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? the immigration minister, caroline nokes, is to visit dover today, amid mounting criticism of the government's response to the rising number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats.

a number of mps have called for more patrol boats to be deployed, but the government fears they could be seen as rescue boats and encourage more people to cross. more than 200 migrants have arrived since the start of november, leading the home secretary to declare a major incident. 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. 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. that may seem an amusing story, but the passengers travelling on trains... and you travel on trains a lot. a lot. the footballers get very happy, but it can be a bit intimidating. so a good idea. yes, well, if they have trialled attended works. shall we look at the weather? yes, helen has all of that. looking mostly drive to what is left of 2018. mild as well, with some

wind and rain coming in off the north of the atlantic, but it is the northerly that will take us into the start of 2019. so for the day had we have low pressure sitting up to the north of scotland. rain here, initially, that she rang thinking south across england and wales. this risk north—westerlies blowing sunshine into scotland, parts of northern ireland and northern england, and later north wales and the north midlands. relatively mild, temperatures dipping away this afternoon behind the weather front. that will keep a legacy of cloud and drizzly weather in southern and western areas. more comes in through the night after the initial frost and fog, and as we go into sunday, well, for most of us it will be cloudy and drizzly. not a particularly cold start to the day, just lots of cloud and stop we will have more drizzle, especially in the north and west on sunday. to does look mostly dry. see later. thank you, helen. we'll have the headlines coming up shortly. first it's time for a look back at the sporting highlights of 2018, with holly hamilton and ben croucher. # you can try, i will not be denied

# too strong to be defeated # i will stand and i will fight # too strong to be defeated # my strength is within # i was born for this day # and today i will win. # what a spectacular 2018 it's been. and over the next 20 or so minutes, we'll be taking you from paris to pyeongchang, from glasgow to the gold coast, to reflect on a rather memorable sporting calendar. it started with england losing the ashes down under.

roger federer and caroline wozniacki won the australian open tennis, but soon somewhere a little colder a lady named lizzie had all our pulses racing. heartbeat increases in tempo it's not about the world cups. it's about trying to become the first british winter olympian to retain my title. pyeongchang billed these as the games of new horizons. but for lizzy yarnold, she was hoping to cover old ground, carrying the hopes of a nation headfirst at history. in hitting the heights, yarnold struggled with what felt like vertigo, dizziness, a chest infection. she somehow slid her way into second by her final run. lizzy yarnold next. the olympic champion. can she make history and win it again? it had to be inch perfect.

every tap, every turn, a nation held their breath. they, and every athlete, were simply blown away. yarnold wins gold again! this was double delight for deas. laura deas picked up bronze, whilst yarnold later retired. she now has a ready—made heir. dom parsons' bronze was a first olympic medal for a male slider. the iceman. but on the snow, more british silverware would glow. they'd do it freestyle. izzy atkin nailed the rails and avoided the bumps on thejumps to win britain's first medal on skis. her bronze was added to by billy morgan. billy morgan, yes! but what goes up must come down. just ask elise christie. crashed, crushed. i know it's short track,

and i know i'm supposed to be prepared for this. but it still hurts, you know? as the world united in pyeongchang, two countries came closer than ever before, north and south korea under one flag, with perfect timing. just one hundredth of a second was enough to give ester ledecka super—g gold. remarkable, given she had already won snowboard title, too. and no half measures on the half pipe for the usa. chloe king at 17, shaun white at 31, proving age is no obstacle. a couple of weeks later, menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe won slalom gold at the paralympics. together with millie knight, they won all seven of britain's medals from pyeongchang. australia's cricketers felt the heat against south africa. cameron bancroft took sandpaper to the ball. he, david warner and captain steve smith were sent home and banned in disgrace. think about who you're affecting. you're affecting your parents, and to see the way my old man's been... at glasgow's world indoors, genzebe dibaba held off laura muir in the 1500 metres, whilst katarina johnson—thompson

conquered five events, pentathlon gold her first global title. adding another to his collection, anthonyjoshua edged joseph parker to take his wbo heavyweight belt. shoulder to shoulder, 2018 was the year the six nations heard ireland's call. a grand slam that was almost over before it began. ireland have stolen the game! a late win over france. wales and england started strongly, until the welsh challenge slipped away at twickenham. predictably, ireland saw off italy. less predictable in edinburgh. watson, but it'sjones! what a score! a first drink from the calcutta cup in a decade. once again, ireland and the free—scoring jacob stockdale left it to the dying moments to sink wales. and it will be a fanfare in dublin!

# here we are, don't turn away now... # two to go, scotland were seen off in style as well. and when england lost in paris, the title was secure. but a grand slam on st patrick's day, the pot of gold at the end of that rainbow. the riches in the women's six nations were france's to hold, sweeping all before them, matching ireland's feats in their own grand style. to australia's gold coast, where the commonwealth's best eyed precious metal. let the games begin. for england's netballers, a first final was enough to get worked up about. but still not enough. facing australia, the best side in the world, scores level, clock run dry. this was a day for rose gold. england have done it! they have made history! they have snatched

the gold medal from australia! the girls worked so hard over the last international phase. we've not beaten them once in the whole cycle i've been in. to beat them at that time was just stupendous. the english gold tallied 45 in total, on land, in the air and in the pool — second overall to the hosts. a scottish haul of nine left them just behind the record—breaking welsh. oh, this looks huge! gives it plenty! it's there! it's a world record! 36 medals equalled their best. northern ireland matched their glasgow total. the isle of man grabbed a silver, too. this was a fortnight of dancing, of proposals, of making a splash. of making a bigger splash. isn't that right, mike? congratulations. i didn't see the step! sorry about that. a fortnight of heroism.

take kyron mcmaster, whose coach was killed in hurricane irma. triathlete jade jones, who couldn't swim 18 months earlier. ken hanson, bowls champion at 68. anna hursey, who, aged 11, has surely many titles to come. 0ne hopes the same for callum hawkins. this is a guy in real distress. and somebody needs to recognise it. collapsing through exhaustion whilst leading the marathon, he was eventually 0k. overall, the land down under provided smiles, celebrations and memories to last a lifetime. over to you, birmingham 2022. at aintree, the grand national was settled by a photo finish. 10—1 shot tiger roll took the win. tiger wasn't quite on form at augusta. the man in pink was, though. yes, well done. patrick reed donned a maiden green jacket after four hard—fought days. after two ha rd —foug ht hours on london streets, vivian cheruiyot and eliud kipchoge were a capital success. like david weir, who won the race for an eighth time. manchester city wasted no time

in crossing the premier league line. they did it in record style. this season, the previous season, all my career in barcelona and munich, i didn't expect, so now i'm happy because we did it. they did it in the league cup, too, the fa cup was chelsea's to hold as united paid the penalty. 1—0 to chelsea. a final flourish for antonio conte. chelsea's success wasn't finished yet, with the ladies unbeatable in the wsl and the fa cup. a goal fitting enough to win any fa cup final. celtic went one better with a domestic treble in scotland. the league and scottish cup added to the previous year's league cup. in europe, well, liverpool's dramatic run came to a head in the final — specifically, loris karius's. a concussion led to two errors, gifting real madrid a third straight title. in rugby union, saracens returned to the top of the pack, beating exeter 27—10 in the final. ireland's fine rugby year was exemplified by leinster, pro14 and european champions. 17 of that squad then travelled down under to help ireland win a test series in australia for the first time since 1979.

for the first time ever, ireland played test cricket. it ended in defeat to pakistan, who then came to england to share their two test series. a resurgent welshman bounced back on the baize. mark williams, world champion. it's been 15 years since we could say that. 12 months ago, i wasn't even here. just to playjohn in the final is an experience in itself, because i haven't been here for a long time. ijust can't believe it. rafa nadal‘s successes at roland garros are a little more frequent. an 11th success at the french open, a 17th grand slam in total. a first for simona halep at long last.

golf's second major of the year, brooks koepka's second major of his career at the us open, in a sporting summer that was about to truly sizzle. and what a summer it turned out to be. beer gardens were packed, a heatwave gripped the nation. waistcoats had sold out. a feel—good factor around the england football team, at a world cup that will live long in the memory. from russia with love. sport's most famous icon, the nation prepared with military timing. we'd waited four years for this sea of colour and culture, and it didn't let us down. england opened with a late, late show against tunisia. debutants panama were soon wrestled aside, too. hit for six. sterling, jesse lingard. jesse lingard! harry kane even got a hat—trick, half of his golden boot. a quirk of the draw meant losing their last group game to belgium was actually better. lose they did, and it felt like belgium had actually scored an own goal. our objective at the start of this group phase was to be in the next round, and we're in the next round.

joined by football's biggest stars, coming to play on the biggest playground. the defending champions were sent home early. germany are out of the world cup! just a glitch? not for var. bugs, russia had plenty. world—class goals, lots of them, too. coutinho, oh! and driven into the back of the net, an absolute peach of a goal! pavard hits it! it's another glorious goal! to the knockouts, england and colombia, head to head, to the head of yerry mina. a stoppage time equaliser, the dreaded penalties. not again? not this time. england win a world cup penalty shoot out! sweden in the last eight, flatpacked home, 2—0, as the tournament favourites spain, brazil and argentina all made an early exit. and then there were four. france beat belgium. england faced croatia, and a country believed that football just might be coming home. # it's coming home

# it's coming # football's coming home! it's coming home. just the third world cup semifinal. now for the perfect start. kieran trippier has scored for england! it was as good as it got. croatia levelled and won it in extra time. four more years of hurt. maybe just in this game, just a reminder that we've still got a little bit to go as a team. to the final, and a french conquest in moscow — where previous finals were cagey, this was anything but. goals galore. and again, pogba! teenage sensation kylian mbappe rounded off the highest scoring final since 1966. no doubting the winners. france are crowned world football champions. allez les bleus! another trophy found its way back to a former owner at wimbledon. a resurgent year for novak djokovic. serena williams‘ comeback was nearly complete, but for angelique kerber‘s maiden grand slam, alfie hewett and gordon reid's win was their third in a row here. cooler at carnoustie, where francesco molinari majored at the open. the man from turin breaks his duck,

and as europe's golfers geared up for the ryder cup in paris, one welshman had already tasted the champs—elysees champers. this is the tour according to g. the 7th ofjuly, stage one, the grand depart. the first stage of the tour is always stressful. froomie ends up losing 50 seconds. for myself, it all went perfectly, really. 18th ofjuly, stage 11, my first stage win.

this was the first big test for everyone, to win that stage and put quite a bit of time into all my rivals was massive, really. 19th ofjuly, stage 12 was the finisher. alpe d'huez, one of the most iconic climbs in the tour. yeah, wearing the yellowjersey on that stage was amazing anyway. the first guy in yellow to win on alpe d'huez. you know, two mountain stages back—to—back was an amazing feeling. morale and confidence after that was just sky—high. 28th ofjuly, stage 20 was the final time trial. that was the first time ijust let myself go and believe it. my wife was there at the finish, which i didn't know. that's when all the emotion hit me as well, i ended up crying on international tv. the 29th ofjuly, stage 21. finally, i had officially won the tour. it was great to go on the podium. the amount of welsh and british flags on the side, all of the support wasjust incredible. it was like response, going up and down there. the 9th of august

was my homecoming in cardiff. it was just insane, the people there. for it all to be just for me was amazing. definitely the highlight of everything i've done since the tour. and that was the tour according to g. according to anybody‘s standards, this was quite a grand year. chris froome's stunning solo set up a third straight grand tour triumph, winning the giro d'italia. simon yates would join the select group, as he proudly showed off his red jersey for wearing the vuelta a espana. the first time three different riders from the same country have claimed cycling's three biggest races in the same season. to august, then, and a new era in world sport. the inaugural european championships. for the very first time, seven sports united across two cities, glasgow and berlin. and for a blackheath and bromley harrier, an opportunity to make history. sprinting's new superstar, who makes winning as easy as one, two, three. dina asher—smith, in a class of one in the 100. and it's gold for dina asher—smith!

10.85! a new british record, butjust getting warmed up. 200 next, chasing world champ dafne schipers, who was soon chasing her. dina asher—smith takes the title! she's done it again. for herfinishing touch, one hell of a finish. relay gold. dina asher—smith comes away by a distance. the first woman in 28 years to achieve the sprint treble. i'm just so grateful and thankful for all of these girls, for putting out the best to represent our country and coming home with a gold medal today. honestly, it's been so great. sprint success in an's relay, while farnell hughes led a british 1—2 in the man's100. laura muir's first major outdoor title and matthew hudson—smith's 400 win left britain top of the athletic medals table. over in scotland, this lady was back on two wheels and back to her best. laura kenny wins the european title!

two more golds in her first championship since giving birth to son albie and overcoming mum guilt. i was thinking i don't want to leave him for nothing, you know? i want to leave him and take him a medal home, so he's smiling. now, fearless at 15, eden cheng won the highest diving honours with lois toulson. along with grace reid and jack laugher, they sealed four golds of britain's ten medals in the diving pool. in the swimming one... well, guess who was the man to beat. adam peaty, 57.13. he's broken the world record. unbelievable. yes way. 50,100 and relay gold. we are pushing and pushing and having fun along the way. but my god, can't believe that. georgia davies was oneof six further titles for gb swimmers. in gymnastics, dominic cunningham tumbled to the top, while rhys mclennan twisted to ireland's first european title on the pommel. kyle and kye — evans and whyte — claimed gold and silver in the bmx. there was a small return

for britain's rowers. two silvers and two bronzes all to show for their efforts. at gleneagles, golf‘s european debut had britain second to iceland in the team competition. whilejess learmonth‘s silver saw great britain finish second on the overall medal table, behind russia. well, as that heatwave baked royal lytham, georgia hall's putter was red—hot she won her first major. stateside, brooks koepka was at it again. the us pga this time. in hockey, ireland rewrote the script of the world cup. the part—timers, remarkable runners—up. at wembley, one side was shaking up the establishment. no french team had ever won the challenge cup. history is made by the catalans dragons! august was outstanding for our para athletes. sophie hahn, european athletics gold times three. alice tai, european swimming gold times four. and at the wheelchair basketball worlds, britain's men and women finished first and second. after his appointment injanuary,

phil neville guided england's women to next year's world cup, where they'll be joined for the first time by scotland. there was quite a stir at the us open. serena williams accused the umpire of sexism, after he'd accused her of cheating. it overshadowed naomi 0saka's brilliant first title. williams‘ claim was later backed by those running the sport. no stealing novak djokovic's thunder. back to his best, along was aflie hewitt, winning singles and doubles, and jamie keeping the murray flag flying at flushing meadows. bringing the curtain down was alastair cook. 161 tests and out. of course, he finished with a century. james anderson still going. now the leading seam bowler in test history. life in the old dog yet. anthonyjoshua defended his titles with a brutal knockout of alexander povetkin. 0n horseback, ros canter was one of four british golds at the world equestrian games. leading the way in triathlon was vicky holland. world champion. oh, that has quite a ring

to it, doesn't it? i can't believe it. i think it's going to take some time for that to sink in. sampling the bubbly for a fourth year running, jonathan rea was the super—man on the superbikes. when it comes to golf, it's very difficult to guess what's going to happen next. it's as unpredictable as, well, the weather. and few could have written the script that unfolded 170 miles across the channel at le national, the scene of what could only be described as a european domination. representing europe — henrik stenson and justin rose. cheering bienvenue to the ryder cup, where golfers become gladiators. in the red corner, a usa team packed with major winning talent. in the blue, a europe united. the opening fourballs went to the form book, the usa chipping away at europe's resolve. 3—0 up.

if they had the x factor, europe had its own piece of moliwood. round she comes, round she comes! what a two. foursomes meant this man, ian poulter, as europe whitewashed the afternoon session, to give the usa plenty to ponder. new day, new outfit, same europe. mcilroy won with garcia. they won two. so did they. he didn't. the us were in deep trouble. not too chuffed to see this man draining putts again. his team—mates weren't too shabby either. under the circumstances, probably the putt of the day. still advantage europe. usa responded strongly at the start of the singles, but the blue wave was coming. jon rahm, beating tiger woods, beating his chest. wonder where he got that from.

oh, yes. look at him go! it left europe on the brink. then mickelson stuck it in the drink and the ryder cup was staying on this side of the pond. people questioned the picks, questioned the quality that we have. we showed this week what a cohesive and togetherness we have. and how it showed as the champagne flowed. your winners. .. team europe! 2018, the year of the horsepower and the two—horse f1 race. initially, sebastian vettel‘s ferrari gru nted loudest but as the f1 circus headed to europe, hamilton's mercedes roared into the lead for the first time. this season then hit germany. vettel looked to be cruising,

but then he hit the barriers and gifted hamilton an advantage he would not relinquish. it prompted an unprecedented purple patch, five of the next six winners trophies, all in hamilton's hands. the gap to vettel grew ever wider, until with two races to spare in october, the chase was up. hamilton could not be caught. a fifth world title, keeping illustrious company in the pantheon of greats. favourite to edge closer to the top of that list in 2019. the helicopter crash at leicester city, the club's billionaire owner was on board. the footballing community was rocked in the autumn as vichai srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed in a helicopter crash outside the club's stadium. tributes flooded in from right across the world, as the premier league stopped to pay its respects. shaun wane's tenure at wigan

closed with another super league grand final win — over warrington. no such heroics for england's women in the world t20 final, beaten by australia while the men whitewashed sri lanka. wales had a clean sweep in the autumn internationals for the first time. ireland's home win over the all blacks had also never been done before. britain boasts five boxing world champions. few would have attempted tyson fury‘s comeback. few would have risen from this. down he goes! his fight with deontay wilder ended in controversial draw. i've never seen a worse decision in my life. i don't know what fight them judges were watching. the guy giving it 115—111, he had me losing the first six rounds. i don't know what he was watching. draw! so another great year. but there was just one more prize to be won. the 2018 sports personality of the year is geraint thomas!

what a deserving winner, and what an incredible year of sport that was. 2019 has a lot to live up to. it does. we've got the rugby and cricket world cups, we've got an ashes series and the women's world cup as well. plenty to look forward to but from the both of us, thank you very much for watching. we'll see you next year. bye— bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and naga munchetty. 0ur 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.