kate, cbe, how does that feel? it’s for fiction and nonfiction. kate, cbe, how does that feel?w does that feel? it's very funny because my last _ cbe, how does that feel? it's very funny because my last novel - cbe, how does that feel? it's very funny because my last novel was. funny because my last novel was called the ghost ship and the lead character is a lady commander of the sea and i and terrible on the sea, but now i am going to be commander from henceforth. i but now i am going to be commander from henceforth.— from henceforth. i will call you lady commander! _ from henceforth. i will call you lady commander! lady - from henceforth. i will call you - lady commander! lady commander, it is who i lady commander! lady commander, it is who i am — lady commander! lady commander, it is who i am now! _ lady commander! lady commander, it is who i am now! it _ lady commander! lady commander, it is who i am now! it is _ lady commander! lady commander, it is who i am now! it is very _ lady commander! lady commander, it is who i am now! it is very fitting, - is who i am now! it is v

i hope kevin — is also receiving a cbe. i hope kevin anai _ is also receiving a cbe.s rhinos from when _ alongside each other at leeds rhinos from when they were teenagers and the bond _ from when they were teenagers and the bond they developed then on the pitch remains today. kevin it was my captain _ pitch remains today. kevin it was my captain and — pitch remains today. kevin it was my captain and he still is my captain. we played — captain and he still is my captain. we played together for years. we went through the highs and lows of rugby— went through the highs and lows of rugby league, but he always looked after us _ rugby league, but he always looked after us and here he is now still looking — after us and here he is now still looking after us all. | after us and here he is now still looking after us all.— looking after us all. i think it is really special, _ looking after us all. i think it is really special, but _ looking after us all. i think it is really special, but i _ looking after us all. i think it is really special, but i think- looking after us all.

, and ms paulette simpson cbe, otherwise known as the windrush portraits committee, who were able touch wonderful sitters for these portraits. these stories matter because they haven't been told before. people have been silent. people have carried the pain and the trauma silently, getting on with their lives. busy working in the nhs, in the railways, in factories. doing things that other people didn't want to do. untold stories are now being told, and you're going to see that through this historic portrait project. whoa! laughing. yes. look. ah, that is lovely. duct tape and crystal tape on four cork panels. - brilliant. wow. 0h, fantastic. laughing. isn't it lovely? clifton has done you proud. he's done a greatjob. your mischievous smile. your twinkle in your eyes. oh, yes. beautiful. what do you think of the clouds? i think sometimes i think i'm dreaming. laughing. because somebody tell me this will happen... no. yeah. no. both: oh, my god. magical. 0h, isn't that amazing? fantastic. i wasn't expecting to see this, you know? it's so much like me. i can see her life through this por

kate mosse blair, who has been given and cbes for her services to women and cbes for her services toer as we head through the rest of this weekend. feeling rather stormy at times. we've seen some snow across the central belt of scotland, such as here in glasgow, but the snow levels here will gradually lift through the afternoon. it will become more confined to the hills of scotland, but possibly some more travel disruption, heavy downpours of rain, particularly towards the west, with the risk of some coastal gales too and here is that deep area of low pressure just captured nicely on the satellite picture here, this large swirl of cloud, it's all moving further eastwards, but an improving picture across northern ireland for the rest of the day with some brightness around, but heavy rain across the south—west of england and wales. coastal gales here, that rain stretching up into northern england and some more snow for the hills of central and northern scotland, perhaps another 5—10 centimetres accumulating. and of course, this could cause some more disruption to some of those major ro

they've both been made cbes. certainly weren't expecting it.has never been about any recognition, this is about raising money and awareness for the mnd community and fighting for rob. so, you know, ifeel very humbled by the whole thing. three world cup lionesses are recognised for services to football. millie bright, who captained the world cup finalists, says it feels incredible to be made an obe, while england'sjoint top goal scorer lauren hemp... saved! and golden glove winner mary earps are both made mbes. most honours go to people not in the public eye. rizwanjaved has saved 29 lives on rail platforms, approaching and talking to people who were showing signs that they were thinking of ending their lives. he's been made an mbe. every intervention that i was involved in, ijust felt like it was a part of life. i never thought it would be recognised to this scale. but it's definitely given me the confidence to carry on this work and spread awareness amongst everyone. the oldest person honoured is 97—year—old jill gladwell. a poppy appeal colle

former england cricketer stuart broad receives a cbe.hes test this summer to give england a memorable victory. that thrilling series finished at 2 all, meaning the aussies retained the ashes. for me, i played a hobby for a living. i've loved it, i've tried to improve every day. so to get a reward that comes through playing cricket and doing something i love is very special. you get those sort of awards for, hopefully, giving people a bit ofjoy, inspiring them to play the sport that you love, and put a smile on people's faces. more on the honours awarded to sports stars on the bbc sport website. that's where you'll also find all of today's premier league results and our top story... celtic have beaten rangers 2—1 in the old firm match. it takes them eight points clear at the top though rangers do have two games in hand. that's all from sportsday. let's get more now on the new year's honours list. the founder of the glastonbury festival, michael eavis, and the best—selling writer jilly cooper are among those who've been honoured. but most

another ex—tory minister, alex sandbrook, gets a knighthood while five other allies receive either cbesliz truss said... but her political opponents think it's a disgrace. remember, liz truss was prime ministerfor a0 odd days. she and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. families across the country are paying more in their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. and these are rewards for failure. borisjohnson caused controversy by making one of his aides, charlotte 0wen, the youngest peer at the age ofjust 30, and some feel the whole system needs an overhaul. i think as long as we have this system where prime ministers are allowed to choose who goes in, we will see them using that power. so the only way we can actually kind of put a proper check on this is if we have an elected lords and the people such as ourselves who live under the laws that are made get to choose who decides them. and that's the only way we're going to actually put an end to this this absurd scenario. downing street, which published t

they've both been made cbes. certainly weren't expecting it.ney and awareness for the mnd community and fighting for rob. so, you know, ifeel very humbled by the whole thing. three world cup lionesses are recognised for services to football. millie bright, who captained the world cup finalists, says it feels incredible to be made an 0be, while england'sjoint top top goal scorer lauren hemp... saved! ..and golden glove winner mary earps are both made mbes. that they were thinking of ending their lives. for services to broadcasting and baking — most honours go to people not in the public eye. rizwanjaved has saved 29 lives on rail platforms, approaching and talking to people who were showing signs that they were thinking of ending their lives. he's been made an mbe. every intervention that i was involved in, ijust felt like it was a part of life. i never thought it would be recognised to this scale. but it's definitely given me the confidence to carry on this work and spread awareness amongst everyone. the oldest person honoured is 97—year—old ji

another ex—tory minister, alex sandbrook, gets a knighthood while five other allies receive either cbesse champions for the conservative causes of freedom, limited government and a proud and sovereign britain have been suitably honoured. but her political opponents think it's a disgrace. remember, liz truss was prime ministerfor a0 odd days. she and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. families across the country are paying more in their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. and these are rewards for failure. borisjohnson caused controversy by making one of his aides, charlotte 0wen, the youngest peer at the age ofjust 30, and some feel the whole system needs an overhaul. i think as long as we have this system where prime ministers are allowed to choose who goes in, we will see them using that power. so the only way we can actually kind of put a proper check on this is if we have an elected lords and the people such as ourselves who live under the laws that are made get to choose who decides them. and t

kate moss the novelist has been appointed cbe. i spoke her earlier.ke listening to everyone else, when you get the letter you don't quite believe it because it looks like a very humble letter. you were not impressed? well, the thing is mine had been opened somewhere along the line and stuck down with sellotape, so it was just very funny and i didn't have my glasses on and i thought, "what is this?" and my first feeling — it's daft — was "i wish my mum was here, and my dad," i think many people feel that as we all get older. aw. but actually i was thrilled because it really matters to celebrate the arts, it really matters to celebrate books. and i am a writer, you know, and to be in the same batch as the great gilly cooper, how wonderful! but there were so many extraordinary people on the list this year, judith weir, she's so impressive, three of the lionesses, the extraordinary maggie aderin—pocock, so many extraordinary people, but for this, more people engage with books as an art form, if you like, as a hobby, reading, than any other leisure activit

they've both been made cbes. certainly weren't expecting it.en about any recognition, this is about raising money and awareness for the mnd community and fighting for rob. so, you know, ifeel very humbled by the whole thing. three lionesses are recognised for services to football. millie bright, who captained the world cup finalists, says it feels incredible to be made an 0be. england's joint top goal scorer lauren hemp and golden glove winner mary earps are both made mbes. in the entertainment world, tonya blackburn said it's an unexpected and humbling to be made an 0be for services to broadcast and charity. fellow dj steve wright becomes an nde, as does bake 0ff star fellow dj steve wright becomes an mbe, as does bake 0ff star paul hollywood for services to broadcasting and baking. most honours go to people not in the public eye. rizwanjaved has saved 29 lives on rail platforms, approaching and talking to people who were showing signs that they were thinking of ending their lives. he's been made an mbe. every intervention that i was involved

the former rugby players rob burrow and kevin sinfield have been awarded the cbe for their charity campaigning

when you and it's now a you give cbes and it's now a cbe, if you've been a press spokesman for the prime had minister. yeah well, you had peers 30 and 31. peers aged 30 and 31. >> wrong with age, >> uh, nothing wrong with age, though, kevin. >> no, they are younger >> well, no, they are younger than are annoyed about? >> what have you done in life to deserve it? what have you done? don't showing promise. deserve it? what have you done? don't could/ing promise. deserve it? what have you done? don't could/ingthis.nise. deserve it? what have you done? don't could/ingthis. that >> you could be this. that place is fuddy duddies. you is full of fuddy duddies. you want to have young people in, but know house of but you will know the house of cronies work that way. cronies doesn't work that way. are about the age, are you unhappy about the age, quentin some the quentin of some of the candidates? well, candidates? well well, as someone who that someone who thinks that the whole lords is whole house of lords is ridiculous, it doesn't really distress it's made to look distress me if it's made to lo

people um, whereas some of the people working very, very hard for charities, you just get a humble cbeyeah, i suppose that is some of prominent ones as of the more prominent ones as well . like saying on the well. like it was saying on the front mail, there are front of the mail, there are parents been campaigning parents who've been campaigning very worthy campaigns. so, so that's good. um, i mean, tim martin getting a knighthood. john, your your views on tim martin, the brexit backing wetherspoons boss, you know , wetherspoons boss, you know, these are these are there is always an element political always an element of political honours. it's system >> i mean it's the system is such that if you do well and if you're, if you've got friends in the right places, don't be surprised if it's easier for you to get an honour than it would be for the rest of us. i'm quite surprised it sort of happened. so, know, and you so, you know, and you look around well, could around and say, well, who could they just give them something, you know, something nice ? that's you know, something nice? that's

. >> his father the cbe . he >> his father got the cbe.mayor. he a fighter and he was a fire fighter and the mayor bootle liverpool. mayor of bootle in liverpool. and used to and during the blitz he used to put his tin hat on and he used to go into burning buildings and drag out alive. whilst drag people out alive. whilst he was bootle, the tin was the mayor of bootle, the tin hat and we're very proud hat mayor. and we're very proud of sylvester kelly. hat mayor. and we're very proud of so sylvester kelly. hat mayor. and we're very proud of so sylv something. oh >> so he got something. oh that's these are the sort that's one of these are the sort of people that i want to get these. >> my mum got the m.b.e. for her war at ministry defence. >> see, that's the sort >> see, that's that's the sort of want. not some of of thing we want. not some of these politicians we either these politicians who we either change or we go with these politicians who we either cha fact or we go with these politicians who we either cha fact that or we go with thes

well, joining me now is sir stephen sparks cbe, professor of geology .about iceland, the fantastic visited fantastic country i have visited , is it's blessed or cursed. however you look at it, at being on the interface of tectonic on the interface of two tectonic plates , am i right? or is my plates, am i right? or is my distant memory failing me ? distant memory failing me? >> no. you're correct, quite correct. it's on the boundary between the north america plate and the european plate. and slowly it's the two continents either side of this, these boundary are moving away from each other at about two centimetres per year. and it's that process of the plates moving apart which causes the volcanoes in iceland . volcanoes in iceland. >> and we can see spectacular live images on our screen . now live images on our screen. now the lava is pluming into the sky, as is the ash. and of course, sir steven. it's blessed the country many ways with geothermal energy and a lot of energy independence . so it's not energy independence. so it's not always a bad thing. i

. >> and, sir alex, when you , um, >> and, sir alex, when you, um, were presented with your cbe in twofrom king charles. so you'll have a double honour there of getting a gong from each of the of the of the heads of state. >> yes, it's it is very. they're very generous about this because if you get something , very generous about this because if you get something, uh, very generous about this because if you get something , uh, such if you get something, uh, such as a cbe which i had, um, they actually, um, don't , um, take actually, um, don't, um, take that away from you . so you keep that away from you. so you keep your previous medal and you get a new one. um, i don't know what has happened . there were 1 or has happened. there were 1 or 2 people on your show there who've been upgraded . um, whether they been upgraded. um, whether they they they hand their medal back and they get a slightly better class of medal . medal back . class of medal. medal back. >> superb stuff. well, thank you so much for sharing your special story with us, sir. alexander mccall smith. well done. >> huge co