the rajistan royals have on their books, jos buttler, jofra archer, ben stokes and captain steve smithe to the operating manager for the team — englishman jake lush mccrum and asked him how he managed to get them all to sign for the same side. in 2018 we signed all four of these guys. this will be the first year that we have the same captain for the whole season so going from the ashes and competing against each other to then playing together in the ipl. there are immensely talented, jos buttler hit five 50s in the row in 2018 and that took him from performing in the ipl in t20 format to the english test side so thatis format to the english test side so that is quite an interesting outcome of the ipl. jofra archer has been incredible across t20 and then got into the england side and ben stokes obviously it has been his ear for cricket with the world cup and the ashes and some of his performances have been staggering. so to have them all in one team is exciting. and the indians that we have as well. that means we have a really exciting team for the season ahead with a few pics coming in

ben stokes an 0be, jos buttler and joe root become mbes. bit humbled to be receiving an award like that. when you play cricket, you are part of a team, and you rely on 11 other blokes and a huge support staff and players around the squad to influence a game. again, going for the dead ball line. an mbe, too, for england star jill scott for services to women's football. itjust feels really surreal to see my name, jill scott mbe. it just feels really surreal. i think it has been a greatjourney for women's football from the time that i started playing to now and to see the recognition that women's football is now getting, it is very pleasing. # love is like a butterfly. in the world of entertainment, butterflies star wendy craig becomes a cbe. as does peaky blinders creator steven knight. ladies and gentlemen, the... and dj annie nightingale. for services to music, queen drummer roger taylor is made an 0be. and singer billy ocean an mbe. also becoming mbes, tv chef nadiya hussain, inspirational young cellist sheku kanneh—mason, and gok wan, for

jos buttler was replaced behind the stumps byjonny bairstow, while captainjoe root also spent time offng through a 7 try thriller against gloucester. cobus reinach scored the try of the match with this fantastic solo effort, running from well beyond the half way line to cross the whitewash. they survived a late fightback and three tries from louis rees zammit, too. exeter can go above the saints if they beat saracens tomorrow. leicester tigers came from behind to end a run of three straight premiership defeats with a 30—all draw with harlequins at twickenham. the home side had a 14—point lead midway through the second half. but tigers fought back and this try from telusa veyanu with less than eight minutes remaining helped to draw them level and end their losing streak. rhys priestland's late penalty earned bath a 16—14 win over sale sharks whilst worcester were 20—6 winners at home to london irish. in the pro 1a, edinburgh gained revenge for last week's defeat at glasgow to win the reverse fixture 29—19. the lead changed hands five times in the match. edinburgh scored first — hquones

jos buttler was replaced behind the stumps byjonny bairstow, while captainjoe root also spent time offdged past gloucester 33—26. cobus reinach scored two tries, this solo effort the pick of them, running from well beyond the half way line to cross the whitewash. the saints survived a late fightback and three tries from louis rees zammit. exeter return to the top if they beat saracens tomorrow. rhys priestland's late penalty earned bath a 16—14 win over sale sharks whilst worcester were 20 points to 6 winners at home to london irish. harlequns drew with leicester. in the pro 1a bennetton beat zebre whilst edinburgh gained revenge for last week's defeat at glasgow to win the reverse fixture 29—19. in the all irish match up between leinster beat munster 13 points to 6. that's all from us for now. have a very good night. campaigners are calling for a radical overhaul of britain's railways to try to improve travel. the pressure group, campaign for better transport, argues there should be a major fares reform, a single national railcard, and more control of services given to major cities ou

four members of england's world cup—winning cricket team — owen morgan, ben stokes, joe root and jos buttlerments recognised. this report from our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba contains flashing images. # you're the one that i want, you are the one i want...!# olivia newton—john says she's honoured and grateful to be made a dame for services to charity, cancer research and entertainment. a damehood, too, for floella benjamin for her life—long work with children's charities. absolutely amazing to be recognised this way, for doing charity work. i realised that a childhood lasts a lifetime, and i had to give back to children. because when i did play school, 43 years ago, i realised children didn't have a voice. of course, the vast majority of those who will come here to buckingham palace or the other royal residences to receive their honours aren't those in the public eye, they're individuals who have done something special for their community or their country. thank you. don't thank me and don't say i'm a hero. i'm no hero, i was lucky. i'm here. all the heroes are dead and i'll nev

ben stokes an obe, jos buttler and joe root become mbes.ar jill scott for services to women's football. for services to music, queen drummer roger taylor is made an obe, and singer billy ocean an mbe. rhiane mannings set up the charity 2 wish upon a star to helps families deal with a sudden death after the loss of her son and husband. she told us she has mixed feelings about receiving an mbe. it is bittersweet. i would give back any award to turn the clock back for me and the children, but the amount of messages i have received, it is just humbling. i have never set out to do it for any award. i do it because of my boys‘ memories and their legacy but i have had lovely messages from families that we are now supporting who really did deserve it and without 2 wish, they would probably have not received anything. an incredible woman. and after nine this morning, we'll be speaking to harry billinge, war veteran, fundraiser and friend to this programme, about his honour. a mother whose husband and two children drowned in a swimming pool on the co

morgan, who captained england to victory in the cricket world cup, becomes a cbe, ben stokes an 0be, jos buttlers. an mbe for england starjill scott, for services to women's football. just feels really surreal. obviously it's been a greatjourney for women's football, from the time that i started playing to now. to see the recognition that women's football is now getting, it's very pleasing. # love is like a butterfly... in the world of entertainment, butterflies star wendy craig becomes a cbe. and singer billy ocean, an mbe. # when the going gets tough, the tough get going... of course, the vast majority of those who will come here to buckingham palace or the other royal residences to receive their honours aren't those in the public eye, they're individuals who have done something special for their community or for their country. thank you, darling. people like d—day veteran harry billinge, who becomes an mbe in recognition of his charity fundraising work. and yewande akinola, an engineer who works to encourage girls to enter the world of engineering. it's a big deal to me. it really feels great

morgan, who captained england to victory in the cricket world cup, becomes a cbe, ben stokes an obe, jos buttlerme mbes. an mbe, too, for england star jill scott, for services to women's football. yeah, just feels really surreal. i think obviously it's been a great journey for women's football, from the time that i started playing to now. and to see the recognition that women's football's now getting, it's very pleasing. # love is like a butterfly... in the world of entertainment, butterflies star wendy craig becomes a cbe. and singer billy ocean, an mbe. # when the going gets tough, the tough get going... of course, the vast majority of those who will come here to buckingham palace or the other royal residences to receive their honours aren't those in the public eye — they're individuals who have done something special for their community or for their country. thank you, darling. people like d—day veteran harry billinge, who becomes an mbe in recognition of his charity fundraising work. and yewande akinola, an engineer who works to encourage girls to enter the world of engineering. it's a big d

morgan, who captained england to victory in the cricket world cup, becomes a cbe, ben stokes an 0be, jos buttlerbes. an mbe, too, for england star jill scott, for services to women's football. yeah, just feels really surreal. i think obviously it's been a great journey for women's football, from the time that i started playing to now. and to see the recognition that women's football's now getting, it's very pleasing. # love is like a butterfly... in the world of entertainment, butterflies star wendy craig becomes a cbe. and singer billy ocean, an mbe. # when the going gets tough, the tough get going... of course, the vast majority of those who will come here to buckingham palace or the other royal residences to receive their honours aren't those in the public eye — they're individuals who have done something special for their community or for their country. thank you, darling. people like d—day veteran harry billinge, who becomes an mbe in recognition of his charity fundraising work. and yewande akinola, an engineer who works to encourage girls to enter the world of engineering. it's a big deal

the good news isjoe root and jos buttler are feeling better after sickness in the camp.ruggled for control and allowed south africa to recover to 272 all out. sam curran took the final wicket. south africa eventually all out for 272. england's squad has been troubled by a sickness bug, but opener rory burns led the response. he's unbeaten on 77. they'll restart on 121 for one, in centurion. it gets back under way at eight o'clock. northampton saints are back on top of the premiership after coming through a seven try thriller against gloucester. cobus reinach scored the try of the match with this fantastic solo effort — running from well beyond the halfway line to cross over here. the result moves northampton to the top of the table for now, with exeter chiefs still to play this weekend. and that is your sport. lovely stuff. thank you, jane. it's been more than two years since big ben's famous bongs were paused to allow for essential maintenance work to be carried out. but new year's eve just wouldn't feel right without those iconic chimes, would it? thankfully, parliamen

ben stokes an 0be, jos buttler and joe root both mbes.scott, for services to women's football. the d—day veteran, harry billinge, who we saw in that report, told bbc breakfast‘s tim muffett said he didn't expect his fundraising work to lead to an mbe. there is no words can express my feelings when i knew that, because it was far from my mind that i was ever going to be recognised for doing a bit of a collection for the blokes who never came back, and that is the only thing that drove me on. and just to recap, the fundraising you have done, what did you set out to do, and why did you want to do it? i did start out because i wanted to raise at least £22,442, that is a pound for every person that was killed or missing on d—day on gold beach. and i done that up till august last year. but now they're going to have a new... it is a big monument. they're going to have a place there for education, for youngsters to go and have a look and see what d—day was really like. there is a museum there. there is a quiet room. you cannot imagine what a wond

morgan, who captained england to victory in the cricket world cup, becomes a cbe, ben stokes an obe, jos buttler, for services to women's football. just feels really surreal. obviously it's been a greatjourney for women's football, from the time that i started playing to now. to see the recognition that women's football is now getting, it's very pleasing. # love is like a butterfly...# in the world of entertainment, butterflies star wendy craig becomes a cbe. and singer billy ocean, an mbe. # when the going gets tough, the tough get going...# of course, the vast majority of those who will come here to buckingham palace or the other royal residences to receive their honours aren't those in the public eye, they're individuals who have done something special for their community or for their country. thank you, darling. people like d—day veteran harry billinge, who becomes an mbe in recognition of his charity fundraising work. and yewande akinola, an engineer who works to encourage girls to enter the world of engineering. it's a big deal to me. it really feels great to be recognised for, i guess, my

ben stokes an 0be, jos buttler and joe root both mbes.land star jill scott, for services to women's football. a mother whose husband and two children drowned in a swimming pool on the costa del sol on christmas eve insists they all knew how to swim. 0lubunmi diya says they were "dragged into the middle" of the pool and couldn't get out. the hotel's operator said exhaustive police investigations had confirmed the pool was working normally and there was no malfunction of any kind. 0ur correspondent, helena wilkinson, is here. what's the latest? it's the first time we've heard from diya since christmas eve, and she has given her version of events, contradicting spanish police. she has said in a statement that initially it had been reported that her husband and two children didn't know how to swim. in this statement, she says that is not true and all three knew how to swim. she has given a bit more detail about what happened on the day that all the family went to the swimming pool. the children got in by the steps. she says they found themsel

morgan who, captained england to victory in the cricket world cup becomes a cbe, ben stokes an obe, jos buttlerfor england star jill scott for services to women's football. earlier, i spoke to taekwondo world and double olympic champion jadejones who has been awarded an obe. she told me it felt amazing to receive the title. to be recognised at the highest level and to be going to the palace again to receive an honour, it's just amazing and obviously i was so young last time getting so, so i feel like i will appreciate it more this time. yeah, we're watching some pictures of you celebrating back in 2012, when you won your olympic title there. you talked about the feeling of being at the palace and getting that honour, give us a sense of how the day unfolds. yeah, no, it was just so special, i remember me mum, me nan and grand—dad being there and even for them to get to go to the palace and i remember itjust being dead emotional and you know me being in a little town in flint and then being in the palace, it was just surreal and so magical. and people often make something of the fact that i think

ben stokes an 0be, jos buttler and joe root both mbes.nd star jill scott, for services to women's football. 0ur correspondent katy austin had more on the leak of addresses of honours recipients. the list of people set to receive honours in 2020 includes a range of people from celebrities to sportspeople, but also some figures in security, people who work in the police, and a cabinet office spokesperson has confirmed to the bbc that a version of that list, people receiving new year's honours for 2020, was published in error and it did contain addresses. they say it was taken down as soon as possible but i understand it was available online for about an hour. the cabinet office has also said to us it apologises to all those affected. it is looking into how it happened. it has reported this to the ico, the information commissioner's office, and it is contacting everyone affected directly. among those honoured is the former playschool and play away presenter, actress, author and charity campaigner baroness floella benjamin. she's received a d

jack looked out of quarantine while joe woakes and jack looked out of quarantine whilejoe root and jos buttlereveral times on the hand. the england squad flight to cape town tomorrow with the second test starting on friday. in cricket's big bash, the melbourne stars beat the hobart hurricanes by 4 runs with bad weather meaning the result was settled using the duckworth lewis method. chasing down the hurricanes total of 69 from their limited 11 overs, the stars were on course to win. the weather then intervened again prompting an early end to the match. the stars were 55 for 3 at the close and were awarded the win. to darts, peter wright is just one match away from winning his first pdc world championship title. he's through to the final at alexandra palace — after beating gerwyn price 6—3. wright has reached the final once before, in 2014, where he lost to michael van gerwen, who is currently beating nathan aspinall 11—2 in tonight's other semi final. after becoming the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship, fallon sherrock has been given a place in all of the world series o

ben stokes an 0be, jos buttler and joe root both mbes.scott, for services to women's football. joining me on the phone is taekwondo world and double 0lympic champion jade jones. congratulations, i think it is fair to say this is not your first honour, you have been upgraded. yes, first i got an mbe so now, it is amazing in such an honour. absolutely, what does it mean to you to be recognised in this way?” think it is amazing. i put my life and everything into tae kwon do so to be recognised on the highest level and to be going to the palace again to receive an honour is amazing. i was so young last time getting it so i feel i will appreciate it even more this time. we are watching some pictures of you celebrating back in 2012 when you wa nt celebrating back in 2012 when you want your 0lympic title. you talked about the feeling of being at the palace are getting that honour. give us palace are getting that honour. give usa palace are getting that honour. give us a sense palace are getting that honour. give us a sense of how the day unfolds

morgan, who captained england to victory in the cricket world cup, becomes a cbe, ben stokes an obe, jos buttlermbe, too, for england star jill scott, for services to women's football. and singer billy ocean, an mbe. lizo mzimba, bbc news. congratulations to harry. and after 9:00 this morning, we'll be speaking to harry about his honour. a mother whose husband and two children drowned in a swimming pool on the costa del sol on christmas eve has insisted all three knew how to swim. olubunmi diya said her children went into the resort‘s pool using the steps but were dragged into the middle and could not get out. mrs diya denied earlier reports that her daughter had told police that none of the three could swim. sean dilley reports. for days on from a christmas tragedy, a mother in morning speaks out. her husband, daughterand tragedy, a mother in morning speaks out. her husband, daughter and son died at this pool at club la costa world. speaking for the first time since that death, the mother, olubunmi diya, sought to correct inadequate information. she says the family was present when they found t

joe root and jos buttler are reported to have no injury issues. —— they are reported to be improvingn yesterday after being struck several times on the hands. the england squad fly to cape town tomorrow with the second test starting on friday. after becoming the first woman to win a match at the pdc darts world championship, fallon sherrock has been given a place in all world series of darts events next year. sherrock made it through to the third round at the alexandra palace before eventually being beaten by chris dobey last friday. her historic first—round win there meant she secured a place at the 2020 us darts masters event in new york, but she's also now been included in the other five international world series events. that's all the sport for now. we will be back with another update in an hour. police in spain have concluded their initial investigation into the deaths of a british father and his two children. gabriel diya, his 9 year old daughter comfort and his son 16 year old son praise—emmanuel died at a swimming pool in fuengirola on christmas eve. a police spokesman told

the good news isjoe root and jos buttler are feeling better after sickness in the camp.t's been slow going and england had only added 18 runs before rory burns fell to anrich nortje for 8h. in the last few minutes, joe denly went for 31 lbw off the bowling of dwaine pretorius. ben stokes and joe root are at the crease. england are 159 for three. meanwhile over in melbourne, australia crushed new zealand in their second test, beating them by 2a7 runs. tom blundell impressed making 121 but the kiwis were dismissed forjust 240 as nathan lyon claimed four wickets. the win gives australia an unassailable 2—0 lead in the three—match series. three—time grand slam winner andy murray is out of next month's australian open. he had only recently returned from almost two years of hip problems, and then a pelvic injury troubled him towards the end of the season. although murray is back on court, he's decided not to travel to australia. that is because of that injury. instead he'll continue rehab and pre—season training with a view to playing an indoor event in france at the start of

ben stokes an 0be, jos buttler and joe root both mbes.r england star jill scott, for services to women's football. the chief executive of keep britain tidy, allison 0gden—newton, has received an 0be for services to the environment. i asked her what it meant to her to be recognised. it is an incredible honour and as other contributors have said, it has not sunk in yet, but it is an amazing recognition of the work that keep britain tidy does. it is fantastic. what work does keep britain tidy do today? for many people it is about going litter picking in your village, perhaps? it is that and we had over 563,000 people join us for the great british spring clean this year and we hope to do better next year but it is a lot more, we have raised awareness over plastics. today we are talking about the plastic of a cigarette butt, and trying to get people to understand the damage it does to the natural world. we work on waste, water quality. we do the blue flags for beaches and the green flags for parks and we run nearly 20,000 eco schools, a progra

morgan, who captained england to victory in the cricket world cup, becomes a cbe, ben stokes an obe, jos buttlers. an mbe, too, for england star jill scott, for services to women's football. for services to music, queen drummer, roger taylor, is made an obe, and singer billy ocean, an mbe. lizo mzimba, bbc news. and after 9:00 this morning, we'll be speaking to harry about his honour. a mother whose husband and two children drowned in a swimming pool on the costa del sol on christmas eve has insisted all three knew how to swim. olubunmi diya said her children went into the resort‘s pool using the steps but were "dragged into the middle" and "could not get out". sean dilley reports. four days on from a christmas tragedy, a mother in mourning speaks out. 52—year—old gabriel diya, his nine—year—old daughter, comfort — pictured here — and his 16—year—old son, praise—emmanuel died in this pool at club la costa world. speaking for the first time since their deaths, the mother and wife of the victims, olubunmi diya, sought to correct what she called "inaccurate information". she says the whole family w

the good news isjoe root and jos buttler are feeling better after sickness in the camp.summary of this morning‘s main news. there are calls for an independent inquiry after a serious data breach — which saw the addresses of more than 1,000 people on the new year honours list made publicly available online. the files included the details of celebrities, senior police officers and politicians — one of those affected, iain duncan smith called the leak a "complete disaster". the cabinet office has apologised and told the bbc it was "looking into how this happened". in the last hour, the former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, stressed the importance of an investigation. it isa it is a serious, and extraordinary breach. this is a well established process that has gone on the same way for years. i think an urgent investigation is certainly needed. it is likely to be human error, as has been suggested. we need to know how well staff were trained about the importance of maintaining security. where they briefed on the potential consequences if this information was relea