shelley phelps there — trying to move on from. shelley phelps there on _ trying to move on from.there on the _ trying to move on from. shelley phelps there on the resignation| trying to move on from. shelley i phelps there on the resignation list of liz truss. the new year's honours list has also been announced with people recognise from the world of sport, entertainmentand people recognise from the world of sport, entertainment and charity. jilly cooper is made a dame and there is a knighthood for michael eavis who coordinated the glastonbury festival. it is a great yearfor glastonbury festival. it is a great year for women's football, recognition for three lionesses. her books have sold in their millions. noinlly cooper has been made a dame for services to literature and charity. can't quite believe it. so lovely. i mean, when they told me i got te letter, and i thought, god, this can't be me. but it was lovely, i was thrilled to bits. michael eavis has been welcoming festival goers to glastonbury for more than half a century. he's been knighted for his music and charity work.

shelley phelps, bbc news.comes into force on sunday, meaning rescue organisations have until the end of today to rehome them. if they can't, the animals will have to be put down. rebecca ricks went to visit a centre in exeter, in southwest england, to find out how they're coping with rising numbers of the breed. he may not know it, but drax has been given a second chance. the dog was bred from two xl bullies, before he was rescued from birmingham and recently rehomed in exeter by a charity. drax was an arranged rescue, but volunteers say the situation now is worse. up until the ban came into effect, we were never asked by a council, pound, or by a vet to rescue one of these dogs, because it had been abandoned. we had not had one request before. since october, we've had about 12. and we are just one small local volunteer—run rescue. the rspca is also seeing people starting to leave xl bullies at its centres. what we are faced with unfortunately is a deadline of new year's eve that if we haven't rehomed the xl b

she has more on what we can expect to hearfrom mrjohnson. 0ur political correspondent is shelley phelps mrjohnson. we have been getting an idea from those close to borisjohnson and his allies about the broad scope of the argument he will be making when he gives evidence to the covid inquiry on wednesday and thursday. in addition to the apology, we understand he will defend decisions made by his government arguing that on the big calls he got things right and he will be pointing to things like the vaccine, also pointing to the uk's emergence with the timing of that from its a final lock ahead of comparable economies. he will defend his use of colourful language and phrases. people might be watching and thinking, why are we hearing about this now before the session has started? why are we hearing this now? it is likely for borisjohnson and his team, it is about getting that defence out there now. on wednesday and thursday there will be that avalanche of scrutiny and the focus will be on those, the questions and the exchanges there. let s get some of the day s other news now. ajudge in the

our political correspondent, shelley phelps, reports.gning as leader of the conservative party. more than a year after her resignation, liz truss�*s honours list has finally been revealed. the 11 awards largely given to political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex—vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long—term adviser. there were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner shirley conran and the former conservative ministerjackie doyle—price. another ex—conservative minister alec shelbrooke gets a knighthood. critics have expressed dismay at the list. remember, liz truss was prime ministerfor ao—odd days. she and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. families across the country are paying more on 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. speaking to bbc radio 4's today programme, a f

our political correspondent shelley phelps has more.idence to the covid inquiry on wednesday and thursday. and in addition to that apology that you just mentioned there, we understand that he is going to defend the decisions made by his government, arguing that on the big calls, they got things right, that he'll be pointing to things like the vaccine, also pointing to things like the uk's emergence, the timing of that from its final lockdown ahead of comparable economies, that he'll be defending his use of colourful language and phrases. but i think that people might be watching and thinking, "well, "why are we hearing about this now before this session has started?" so, why are we hearing this now? i think it is likely that for borisjohnson and his team, it is about getting that defence out there now, because on wednesday and thursday, there will be that avalanche of scrutiny and the focus shelley phelps, our political correspondent. the face of the women's rights movements in the us during the 1970s now 89 years old, steinem sat down

expected to barely mention his former senior aide dominic cummings. 0ur political correspondent shelley phelps allies about the broad scope of the arguments he will be making when he gives evidence to the covid inquiry on wednesday and thursday. and in addition to that apology that you just mention there, we understand that he is going to defend the decisions made by his government, arguing that on the big calls, they got things right, that he'll be pointing to things like the vaccine, also pointing to things like the uk's emergence, the timing of that from its final lockdown ahead of comparable economies, that he'll be defending his use of colourful language and phrases. but i think that people might be watching and thinking, "well, "why are we hearing about this now before this session has started?" so, why are we hearing this now? i think it is likely that for borisjohnson and his team, it is about getting that defence out there now, because on wednesday and thursday, there will be that avalanche of scrutiny and the focus will be on those questions and the exchanges there. an 84—year—old ma

but conservatives say she had a right to put people forward. 0ur political correspondent, shelley phelps's honours list has finally been revealed. the 11 awards largely given to political supporters and former

our political correspondent shelley phelps has more.getting an idea from those close to borisjohnson and his allies about the broad scope of the arguments he will be making when he gives evidence to the covid inquiry on wednesday and thursday. and in addition to that apology that you just mention there, we understand that he is going to defend the decisions made by his government, arguing that on the big calls, they got things right, that he'll be pointing to things like the vaccine, also pointing to things like the uk's emergence, the timing of that from its final lockdown ahead of comparable economies, that he'll be defending his use of colourful language and phrases. but i think that people might be watching and thinking, "well, "why are we hearing about this now before this session has started?" so, why are we hearing this now? i think it is likely that for borisjohnson and his team, it is about getting that defence out there now, because on wednesday and thursday, there will be that avalanche of scrutiny and the focus will be on th

live now to our political correspondent shelley phelps.nson?— boris johnson? we have been getting an idea from — boris johnson? we have been getting an idea from those _ boris johnson? we have been getting an idea from those close _ boris johnson? we have been getting an idea from those close to _ boris johnson? we have been getting an idea from those close to boris - an idea from those close to boris johnson and his allies about these broad scope of the argument he will be making at the covid inquiry on wednesday and thursday. in addition to that apology, we understand that he will defend the decisions made by his government, arguing that on the because they got things right. he will be pointing to things like the vaccine and the timing of the emergence from lockdown ahead of comparable economies. you will be defending his use of colourful language and phrases, but people might be thinking why are we hearing about this now before the session has started? i think it is likely for borisjohnson and his team it is getting that defence out the

we are joined now by our political correspondent, shelley phelps. charlie. that's right. this is i whole process. good morning, charlie. that's right. this is a i whole process. good morning, i charlie. that's right. this is a key moment for the enquiry, an enquiry that borisjohnson established himself two years ago and in terms of what we can expect from him, you mentioned the apology. but also, those close to borisjohnson have been making the broad tanner, the tone, the thrust of what he will say known so we understand he will be defending his decision—making and will point to things like saying that he got the big calls right —— broad tenor. went into things like the vaccine programme and things like the uk's emergence from the final lockdown was ahead of other comparable economies and that he will also be defending his sometimes colourful use of language and phrases, and it does follow heavy criticism from those who were close to him, his inner circle, during the pandemic. for example, lee cain was his former communications chief, he talked abou

we're joined by our political correspondent shelley phelps.that is not the case, that this has come out at this time to try to distract attention from men. a downing street source also making the point that it is convention, all prime ministers have the chance to make a resignation list. they say it is also convention that prime ministers don't block other people's peerages. but i think as we step into the new year, everybody is thinking of a fresh start, but for rishi sunak in a somewhat of an unhelpful help throwback from a treaty that he has been trying to move on from. —— from a predecessor. an emergency meeting of the un security council has overwhelmingly condemned russia's aerial assault on ukraine yesterday. many countries said hitting civilian infrastructure had violated the international rules of war. more than 30 people were killed and 160 injured in the missile strikes. three men who died after their 4x4 vehicle was swept away in bad weather in north yorkshire have been named by police. they were scott thomas daddy, from hull, kenn