and it's arise sir gareth and sir stephen — former england football manager gareth southgate and actortephen fry are among those recognised in the new year's honours list. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello, welcome to sportsday — i'm adam wild. rooney's reign is over at plymouth. the former england star leaves with the club rock bottom of the championship. things are not much better at his former club, manchester united — their manager admits they're in a battle against the drop. and olympic champion imogen grant is among the sporting stars recognised in the new year honours list. it list. is so cool, it is so special. i feel it is so cool, it is so special. i feel so grateful. to be honest, there aren't really words to described the warm, fuzzy feeling that i've got. welcome along. we'll start with wayne rooney's departure from the championship�*s bottom side plymouth argyle. just four league wins in 23 league games in charge has spelt the end for the former england captain. our sports correspondent katie gornall has been following today's developments at home park. wayne at home

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but it wasn't just the end for southgate.me of british sport's very, very best, the likes of which we may never see again. at wimbledon, the talk was of andy murray — would he, wouldn't he, one last time? well, he did in the doubles, albeit briefly. and here alongside his older brotherjamie murray, to centre court again. they don't want to say farewell, they just want to say thank you to andy murray. i want to play forever. i love, i love the sport. it's given me, you know, it's given me so, so much, i don't want to stop. so it is hard. thank you so much for. everything, andy murray. always, always leave them wanting more. there would be british success, though, at wimbledon. actually, plenty of it. the unseeded combination, harri heliovaara and henry patten, are the wimbledon champions. alfie hewett. he wins his first wimbledon wheelchair singles title. and with it, completes a historic career singles grand slam. alfie hewett and gordon reid retain their wimbledon doubles title. it's a czech fairy tale and krejcikova is the

gareth southgate has been knighted, the services you association football.lth awareness, stephen fry. fame or being a known person is at its most helpful is when you can join attention to a cause that really matters, and the national conversation around until health in particular has really improved. the until health in particular has really improved.— until health in particular has really improved. the mayor of london says — really improved. the mayor of london says he _ really improved. the mayor of london says he is _ really improved. the mayor of london says he is truly - really improved. the mayor of| london says he is truly humble to receive a knighthood for political and public service. lee castleton is one of four former sub—postmasters wrongly accused of taking money from the post office 1539 00:17:42,908

gareth southgate has been knighted for services to association football. for his work for charity, for the environment and on mental health awareness, stephen fry. where fame or being a known person is at its most helpful is when you can draw in attention to a cause that really matters. and the national conversation around mental health in particular has really, really improved. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he's truly humbled to receive a knighthood for political and public service. seema misra and three other former sub—postmaster is wrongly accused of taking money from the post office in the horizon scandal have been made 0bes for their campaigning work. we 0bes for their campaigning work. - applied more pressure to get the award sooner rather than later. in the world of entertainment, 0scar—nominated actor carey mulligan, coronation street and last tango in halifax star anne reid, and happy valley's sarah lancashire have all been made cbes for services to drama. keely hodgkinson! olympic gold medallist and bbc sports personality of the year kee

gareth southgate and stephen fry among those honoured in the new year's honours list.ello i'm christian fraser, let's take you straight to bangkok. this is over the one world centre in bangkok. where it hasjust gone midnight. this is central world bangkok. quarter of a million visitors pouring in to the thai capital tonight. the fireworks exploding around the national monument in jakarta if you a fireworks aficionado, tonight is the night for you. in the past hour, the new year celebrations have been getting under way across asia. this was the spectacular fireworks display in hong kong. taipei also put on quite the show to welcome in 2025. here's the celebrations in sydney. always a fireworks bonanza focused on the harbour bridge. this one went on for 12 minutes. and this was new zealand with a spectacular fireworks display at the auckland sky tower. we'll bring you plenty more of those celebrations in the hours ahead — as 2024 ticks to an end. across the many time zones it will take us 26 hours if you a fireworks aficionado, tonight is the night for you. in the past h

gareth southgate has been knighted for services to association football.o being knighted, for his work for charity, for the environment and on mental health awareness, stephen fry. where fame or being a known person is at its most helpful, is when you can draw in attention to a cause that really matters. and the national conversation around mental health in particular has really, really improved. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he's "truly humbled" to receive a knighthood for political and public service. seema misra and three other former subpostmasters wrongly accused of taking money from the post office in the horizon scandal have been made obes for their campaigning work. she hopes that the award will help them in their fight for the proper compensation they think they deserve. the fight is still on, so fingers crossed with the award and everything, it will put more pressure as well to get it sooner rather than later. in the world of entertainment, oscar—nominated actor carey mulligan, coronation street and last tango in halifax star anne reid an

among those leading the honours list is former england manager gareth southgate.is former england manager gareth southgate. he is recognised for guiding the england football team to back—to—back euros finals. the mayor of london sadiq khan has also been knighted for his political and public service and said he was "truly humbled". the actor stephen fry was awarded for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. 800m champion keely hodgkinson — who receives an mbe — is one of several medallists to be honoured following the summer games in paris. and four sub—postmasters — who received wrongful convictions as part of the post office scandal — have also been given obes. the singer and tv presenter myleene klass is also amongst those being honoured today — myleene has been appointed an mbe for services to women's health, miscarriage awareness and to charity. she has shared her experience of miscarriage and campaigned for better treatment for women who have experienced this loss. let's listen to a clip from an interview she gave in 2021. recognise this, le

among those leading the honours list is former england manager gareth southgate.sed for guiding the england football team to back—to—back euros finals. the mayor of london sadiq khan has also been knighted for his political and public service and said he was "truly humbled". the actor stephen fry was awarded for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. 800m champion keely hodgkinson, who receives an mbe, is one of several medallists to be honoured following the summer games in paris. and four sub—postmasters — who received wrongful convictions as part of the post office scandal — have also been given obes. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. they were once the hollywood power couple with the nickname brangelina. well, now eight years after they separated brad pitt and angelina jolie have reached a divorce settlement. a lawyer for the actress confirmed the pair had managed to "come to a deal". so far his lawyers have not publicly commented. let me take you to those amazing pictures from the top of the hour from sydney. australia ha

for more on this story, i spoke to my unit southgate, vice president of the feminist french association was a the, from the newsman. i asked her if she was happy with the verdict. we are happy that they were record nice to put tablets in this case because we know that 90 percent of the rates accusations are, are not classified today are classified results pursuit. but what, we're not happy, it's about the very lenient and very small combination for searches of the accuracy . we know that to she said pretty cool is being for using instruction for this case . and we have men who have raped who have a sentence, who gets about 3 years with a lot of suspension. so we would life that the most, the largest to win the nation would have been held for all of the people who have raped her. so your think these terms were to, for, according to the institute of public policy, a parents big thing tank, 86 percent of the cases of sexual violence and up to 94 percent of raped cases are entirely dismissed in friends. when you look at those 2 facts together, do you think french authorities are too lenient

and it's arise, sir gareth and sir stephen — former england football manager gareth southgate — and actor fry — are among those recognised in the new year's honours list. lost their loved ones. and emirjoins us live now from jerusalem. it was again last night a very cold night in gaza with winds and heavy rain. there are hundreds of thousands of gazans living in tents in the gaza strip and we have heard from civil defence forces this morning, the first responders who say that whilst last night was a relatively quiet night in terms of air strikes, they received many calls from families living in tents saying they have been flooded or destroyed. the humanitarian agencies including the united nations are calling for israel to allow more aid into the gaza strip saying there is a dire need for those goods. they say they do continue to facilitate they do continue to facilitate the delivery and transfer of aid into the gaza strip. the report you are about to see has a warning just to say it does contain some distressing themes. baby seela was just 20 days old when herfather, mahmoud, couldn't wa

the former england football manager gareth southgate has been knighted.stephen fry, now sir stephen, is cited for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. he said he was "startled and enchanted" to receive the knighthood. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said he was "truly humbled" to be awarded a knighthood. while the labour mp emily thornberry said she was "honoured and surprised" to be made a dame. one of the rarest awards goes to the novelist sir kazuo ishiguro. he is made a companion of honour, a select group which is limited to 65 people at any one time. before we go... india has launched a rocket to carry out its first space—docking mission. the rocket blasted off with two small spacecrafts to test the docking manoeuvre. india hopes to become only the fourth country with such technology, after russia, the us and china. prime minister narendra modi has previously announced plans to send a person to the moon by twenty—forty. to the moon by 2040. stay with us here on bbc news. i'll have more for you at the top the hour. see you then. h

former england football manager gareth southgate, and actor stephen fry are among those recognised iny new year to the 16,000 or so residents of christmas island in kiribas in the indian ocean who have just welcomed in 2025 — one of the first inhabited places in the world to experience the new year. we start in the middle east. injust over a week, six babies in gaza have died from the cold weather — that's according to hamas—controlled health authorities.

and former england manager gareth southgate as well as actor stephen fry are among those recognised innt," the us treasury says it's been hacked by chinese state—sponsored actors, gaining access to staff workstations. a spokesperson said unclassified documents were also compromised in the attack earlier this month. the treasury said the compromised service had been taken offline and there's no indication the hackers have continued to access its information. and china has responded. chinese embassy spokesperson liu peng—yu says:

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the former england manager gareth southgate and the actor stephen fry are among those awarded a knighthoodthis year's bbc sports personality of the year — keely hodgkinson has also been made an mbe. our correspondent lizo mzimba has been looking at who else has been honoured.

the former england football manager gareth southgate has been knighted.euros finals. the actor stephen fry, now sir stephen, is cited for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. he said he was "startled and enchanted" to receive the knighthood. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said he was "truly humbled" to be awarded a knighthood. while the labour mp emily thornberry said she was "honoured and surprised" to be made a dame. one of the rarest awards goes to the novelist sir kazuo ishiguro. he is made a companion of honour, a select group which is limited to 65 people at any one time. before we go, let's remind you of our top stories. today both involving south korea. 0ne involving south korea. one where we can see protests outside the presidential residence where protesters and supporters of president yoon have been gathering to make their voices known about the imminent arrest warrant that has been issued, and a possible arrest willie will be following this story, as well as thejeju air crash. stay with us for more. goodbye. hello there.

looking into the links, there's archie southgate, and sometimes the lady rarely dos protests, too much mission accomplished. the syrian emergency task force is proud to announce that the aside regime, russia and iran had been officially defeated in syria by the syrian people on their own. and without any outside support from the international community, the story goes up from damascus to debt. as all syrians of rose up to shed the shackles all the assets rule and c t f. what does that need to is they have no spin at the gate, except we have the receipts on one of those receipts. so it's a $153000.00 ground from us aid. and another receipts is straight from the mouth of one of s e t. s. format execs state department contracting. firms like access resources, knowledge, monex, creative associates, international, a number of the big contractors set up the contracts and pay the syrian emergency task force. oh biggie told the daily caller, then are all be credentials, all these proud bystanders, starting with new eyes. mustafah new over the years regularly visited the tower stronghold with a

know before of southgate taylor. well, israel is another force, play the idea of late to strike as hit the time of must be off on the homes, country side and central syria. its own video shows attacks and military equipment, vehicles that infrastructure in the in buffer country. these really army has reportedly destroyed off to 80 percent of the survey and strategic military assets . since bush are all a side was hosted by h t. s. islamists. while as is really ambitions expanded in the mid east, with the turmoil in syria, the prime minister has turned his attention to the reading and people in a televised address. your pressure spent over $30000000000.00 supporting us an answer. today, after only 11 days of fighting is usually collapse into the dust. your pressure spent billions supporting come off and god, today very she lives in rooms your pressure to spend over $20000000000.00 supporting his body level. in a matter of weeks, most of his bottles, leaders, it's rockets, and thousands of and stores went up in smoke t

some of the biggest revelations on ukraine secretly funded by all of our trees or t correspondence. southgate taylor talk me through is prolific investigations right here. the grid also, i think, is a face that many woods recognize because he has the last 2 years really been fronting the series of expos days voicing. very disturbing, intimate information on allegations about the research and development of in nickel who side west buttons, but towards an incredibly high level stuff involving foreign government agencies. so his material was why k scene is posing a real threat to those who are engaged in these kinds of coach, lot of race settings. not like you very right. you said you have to start with ukraine and very simply put his main faces that was that the pentagon was secret a funding, the bar trees on ukrainian soil, the biological weapons being develop that apparently they were designed to target specific mississippi's. that would then be hit, not just in russia, but neighboring. serv yet republics. but much of this was done in tandem with nato allies mania as well as most of us. and t

contributions to uk public life. among those leading the list is former england to manager gareth southgateenvironment. plenty more on _ and the environment. plenty more on the _ and the environment. plenty more on the bbc _ and the environment. plenty more on the bbc website. i and the environment. plenty - more on the bbc website. you're watching bbc news. hello. good afternoon. some severe weather for many of us as we prepare to welcome in the new year, including still an amber weather warning issued by the met office, valid until 5:00 this afternoon for heavy rain across a parts of the grampians and the highlands, there could potentially be some more flooding. the situation has been improving here, but there will still be some more showers within the area, the heaviest of the rain having tracked further southwards. and wherever you are across the uk tonight it is going to be very blustery. so let's take a look at the picture as the clock chimes midnight. some wintriness across the higher ground, especially of northern scotland. watch out for some icy stretches here and it's very windy a

the former england football manager gareth southgate has been knighted.ctor stephen fry, now sir stephen, is cited for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. he said he was "startled and enchanted" to receive the knighthood. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said he was "truly humbled" to be awarded a knighthood, while the labour mp emily thornberry said she was "honoured and surprised" to be made a dame. one of the rarest awards goes to the novelist sir kazuo ishiguro. he is made a companion of honour, a select group which is limited to 65 people at any one time. congratulations to all of them. thank you for your company here on bbc news. see you again soon. hello there. there's going to be a lot of wet, windy and cold weather to come over the new year, but the focus today remains on this amber rain warning that we have from the met office. and within this area, there are already a number of severe flood warnings on rivers. it's been very wet in scotland, some snow melt adding to that as well. the rain turns more showery in mainland scot

former england manager gareth southgate is among those getting a knighthood.ens new year celebrations — edinburgh's outdoor party has been cancelled as heavy rain and strong winds are predicted to hit much of the the uk. amber warning for heavy rain in scotland in place through the day but elsewhere strong winds and heavy rain in the next 2a hours. in sport: manchester united manager ruben amorim says relegation remains a possibility as he watched his side lose again to an in—form newcastle united, as the pressure builds at old trafford. believe it or not, is still a few days left before the kids head back to school

that were trying to draw it towards themselves while patting it on the back for their own purposes. southgate, well, what about of a commentary from the russian president, anything else beyond russia's border that was talked about as well? well, that was obviously a question on the crisis in syria and the pools, given how many players are involved, some of which russia cooperates with in various international forms. all right. all right. the impression for me was that he was being quite diplomatic and quite castle. the 11 thing he was very outspoken a not was on who had the most to gain from the toppling over to, to, to deal with just to death or somebody 13. so he's doing everything to ensure the security on the front of the southern border. we noticed any developments and serious you need to create conditions for the return industry, naples records the phrase from its territory to other territory. so a serious story which are concentrated on the territory of syria. so it is, which is actually under the control the surface can some think it would come back and replace it if the good news for

and it's arise sir gareth and sir stephen — former england football manager gareth southgate and actortephen fry are among those recognised in the new years honours list. now on bbc news, 100 women in conversation with raye. female artists who are put on these huge, huge pedestals scares the living daylights out of me, honestly. singer—songwriter raye has had the kind of year other artists can only dream of. after leaving her label and going independent, she's won six brit awards... i can only describe it as a miracle. ..and is the first woman to have won songwriter of the year. her debut studio album, my 21st century blues, was a critical and commercial hit and it cemented her as one of the top artists in the game right now. bbc 100 women spoke to her about the pressures of social media, being a woman in the industry and going independent. # sleazing and teasing, i'm sitting on him # all of my diamonds are drippin on him # i met him at the bar, it was 12:00 or something # i ordered two more wines cos tonight, i want him # a little context if you care to listen # ifind myself in a posi

the side with martha southgate of your book as you read it yeah well the last one is is easy to answer and i did not expect them to read the book mainly because in all my time with them he's never once talk about reading any books that may seem like a put down, but it isn't. i mean, people process differently and he tends to process visually, even in making presentations to him. i do talk about this in the book. you know, he tends not to read long emails or memos. you know, he needs visual cues, lines and frequently have to draw pictures for him. that's just the way his mind works. the oh, sorry, i lost my train of thought there. your first question was, which is the more relevant smear campaign. the guys who are after that does not know. that is truly bizarre. it's surreal. it is. it is. i hadn't come across anything like it. now, to be fair, morgan stanley was a very kind of staid environment. and, you know, you had a period office politics. but but this is just so far out there and and it's interesting to write about because as you've hopefully up through that whole when i'm talking

okay, thank you very much of the so with the lights of southgate from damascus. now, if we move to the north of syria, the search box here in national ami says it's taken complete control. the city of monday's, the group sees the city from the us back, syrian democratic forces, also known as s d. s. as long as you be made up of kurdish fights, as residents greeted them as they went through the city. the capture of men business parts of the launch, a push against coach fights is by forces box by 2 k will sit them castillo glo is following. the latest developments from has high and so can either product with syria syrian national army, the us. and they took control of the city of numbers on monday, and now they have full control over sure, this is city. the city is known to be curtis, as it has been the governed by the syrian democratic forces. but it is also a major or up city. dfcs. it has y p g n t y. the curtis curtis levels are inside and it's entrance. he believes that the y p g and p y d are the syrian ranch. oh, the alpha for the song walker spark. if you t

also gareth southgate daily mail pm's reward for failure as sadiq khan is knighted.tor plan to trade pensions for higher pay. the sun now we want justice for our liam the eye newspaper has post office scandal victims being given honours, but wait for compensation still goes on. and the daily star eggheads, we've cracked baldness, eat more eggs. that's all we have time for. thank you to my guest, josh howie and aidan mcqueen. tomorrow is a gb news new year's eve special. but we'll be back the day after that. if you're watching at 5 am, stay tuned for breakfast. otherwise, thank you very much for your company and have a very happy new year. happy new year. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm front. boxt heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there! good evening. welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. as we head towards the new year's period, it's likely to be unsettled. outbreaks of rain and some strong winds too, with multiple met office warnings already in force. so do keep an eye on those if you're trave

the the east gate and the hotel story for those familiar with manhattan, southgate, right across from madison square garden. i said, go there. i said, i'll get up there eventually. we'll figure it out now. i sent them there, but i had a choice in decision to make myself and the decision as follows. i lived across the street in battery park city, and the decision could have been, let me go hole up in my apartment okay. quite frankly, i drank at that time. so probably with a bottle of vodka. but let me go hole in the apartment and this out, too. i could get on the west side highway and walk back to my parents. my parents lived in yonkers, about 12 mile walk, but were three. i could do the right thing, which is walk back these hotels and begin the process of figuring out out of 276 people, did we get successfully out of this building? now? it took about a half a second for me to make that decision. and i thought about rick real quick. i thought about rick back in the building and i said, you know what? i'm walking to midtown and i'm going to do my job and i'm going to make sure all these

southgate sucks. is he up there with sir winston churchill, who defeated fascism and saved the free world? southgate couldn't save a penalty and certainly not score one. and what about a few candidates for the top gong who got nothing? david beckham, who has won every conceivable trophy in club football and as one of the most famous englishmen in the most famous englishmen in the world, is a global ambassador for the uk. plus, he has done a vast amount for charity. or what about this guy? do you know him? nigel? paul farage. the most consequential politician of his generation and the man who masterminded our departure from the european union, who launched a broadcasting revolution here @gbnews and exposed the de—banking scandal. footballing also ran. gareth becomes the. sir nigel gets sweet f.a. look, i'm sure that gareth southgate is a nice guy and he spoke up for some of our brilliant players when they suffered horrific racial abuse and his record in competitions on paper was very good. but to be a

southgate, everyone has an opinion about gareth southgate andifs opinion about gareth southgate and it's usually quite favourable. so from that perspective it's quite a good thing for the honours system, but i don't know. i mean, what i feel is that i'd like to see fewer honours and honours given to people who really deserve them and have really had careers that are being recognised in this way. but also, perhaps the most stylish thing is not to accept an honour. i mean, you look at, say, alan bennett, who i think most people would agree is a vastly greater writer than alan hollinghurst, who has been knighted. alan bennett has consistently turned down knighted all his life. i think that just proves, ultimately that just proves, ultimately that you don't have to have a knighthood to be recognised as being a great writer. >> you bring up gareth southgate there. i just want to go back to that because i think that's been quite a controversial one as well. i've seen a lot of people criticise that online because ultimately gareth southgate essentially never won any silverware with england

. >> well, meanwhile, stephen fry, gareth southgate and alan titchmarsh are among some of the other famous names included on this year's new year's honours list. >> would you want a higher salary in exchange for a lower pension? well, the government could offer millions of public sector workers increased wages in a bid to retain staff and prevent further pay disputes. >> the former head of the uk border force says the government will never solve the small boat crisis unless it brings in an effective deterrent, as nearly 37,000 people crossed this year. >> the national archives publishes cabinet office files from tony blair's premiership. with the issue of immigration. high on the agenda even back then. gb news gets a sneak preview and edinburgh's annual hogmanay street party is cancelled due to severe weather conditions. and if you're having a party tonight, we're talking to a chef about her top tips on the best food to serve and it's arise. >> sir gareth southgate, the former england manager, is knighted in the new year honours list. we'll take a look at a host of other sporting personali

sorry gareth southgate, he didn't win anything yet. he's won a gong today. did he deserve it?ll his nonsense about taking the knee and dear england. his letter about racism. he's a manager who brought politics into football should have been kicked out. well, he's been rewarded. let me know who you think should and perhaps shouldn't have got a new year's gong by getting in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay. but now here's your headlines and it's sophia wenzler. >> patrick. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> patrick. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone. 3:00. these are your headlines. new zealand has rung in the new year with a fireworks display in auckland, closely followed by australia, who celebrated with fireworks over sydney harbour. but as the world prepares to welcome in 2025, severe weather is set to hamper britain's new year's events. the edinburgh hogmanay celebrations have been cancelled due to weather conditions. heavy rain and high winds are causing disruption in much of the country, with blizzards forecast in scotland and widespread cancellations of new year's ev