0:00:20 > 0:00:23Good afternoon.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26The Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr, and the last surviving
0:00:26 > 0:00:28member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb, are among those awarded
0:00:28 > 0:00:30knighthoods in the New Year Honours.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34So, too, the former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36The former ballerina Darcey Bussell, now a judge
0:00:36 > 0:00:39on Strictly Come Dancing, has been appointed a Dame.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Our Entertainment Correspondent, Lizo Mzimba, reports.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45# Twist and shout! # Twist and shout.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49More than 50 years after Beatlemania, the Fab Four's drummer
0:00:49 > 0:00:54has been honoured with a knighthood...
0:00:54 > 0:00:56# What would you do if I sang...
0:00:56 > 0:00:59..Recognising Ringo Starr's half-a-century-long
0:00:59 > 0:01:01contribution to music.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04# I get by with a little help from my friends.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09# Tragedy!
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Former Bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be
0:01:12 > 0:01:14made Sir Barry.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20# With no-one to love you, you're going nowhere.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25War Horse author and one-time children's laureate
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Michael Morpurgo, who too has been made a knight,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31hopes his award highlights the importance of literature
0:01:31 > 0:01:34for young people.
0:01:34 > 0:01:41Reading is a great bastion against stupidity and bigotry and ignorance.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46It is the greatest weapon we have, really.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51And the greatest assistance we can give them is to make them readers.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Strictly judge Darcey Bussell, who has occasionally performed
0:01:56 > 0:01:59on the programme too, is to be made a dame
0:01:59 > 0:02:02for services to dance.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I'm Dickie Roper. I'm the night manager.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Those being made CBEs, the next highest level of award,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11include actor Hugh Laurie for services to drama.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14You're English, Pine?
0:02:14 > 0:02:16And best-selling Riders author Jilly Cooper.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Absolutely knocked out.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Knocked out - I was thrilled.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20I couldn't believe it.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23I mean, suddenly to get a letter, you know, and one thinks "Oh,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25God, it's a bill, a gas bill or something".
0:02:25 > 0:02:27And it's this heavenly thing, saying "You're a CBE".
0:02:27 > 0:02:28It's wonderful.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32# I've got to run away.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Singer and campaigner Marc Almond is made an OBE for services
0:02:35 > 0:02:38to arts and culture.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Musician and producer Wiley, known as the "Godfather of Grime",
0:02:41 > 0:02:45is made an MBE.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47COMMENTATOR:Pass to Warburton.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Brilliant catch by the captain!
0:02:49 > 0:02:52In the world of sport, Sam Warburton, who has captained
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Wales and the British and Irish Lions, is made an OBE.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Most of those being honoured are ordinary people doing
0:02:57 > 0:03:00extraordinary work, like Efe Ezekiel, who acts
0:03:00 > 0:03:03as a mentor for young people.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Of course, young people are everything to me.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09I'm passionate about them and passionate their life,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11their well-being and their welfare, so for me to be recognised
0:03:11 > 0:03:15for my passion is one of the greatest honours ever,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18so I'm in complete gratitude and appreciation.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22The majority of honours do go to people who are not in the public
0:03:22 > 0:03:25eye but who have given exceptional service.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29And in 2018, the honours committee say they will be looking
0:03:29 > 0:03:34to particularly recognise individuals who were involved
0:03:34 > 0:03:36in the response to, and the aftermath of,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38the London and Manchester terror attacks,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40and the fire at Grenfell Tower.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46Lizo Mzimba, BBC News, Buckingham Palace.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48In Iran, thousands of people are attending pro-government
0:03:48 > 0:03:50rallies, following two days of street protests
0:03:50 > 0:03:53against the authorities.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58State television has shown crowds of people in the capital Tehran.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01The anti-government protests saw people demonstrating
0:04:01 > 0:04:04against what they say is corruption and falling living standards.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Our Persian Service Correspondent, Kasra Naji, reports.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13The third day of anti-government protests in Iran.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17This one in central Tehran, around the main university campus.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22Here they are shouting a slogan against Iran's supreme leader,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29"Shame on you", they say. "Let go of the country and leave."
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Small protests, but significant, and there are reports of more
0:04:32 > 0:04:36demonstrations elsewhere in the country.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Not far away, in north Tehran, this is a government-sponsored rally,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43planned before the latest wave of anti-government protests
0:04:43 > 0:04:48of the last three days.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51The authorities hope the nationwide rallies will be a show of force,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55a way of claiming back the streets.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59The focus of this rally is to show support for the supreme leader.
0:04:59 > 0:05:06The anti-government protests broke out on Thursday
0:05:06 > 0:05:09with what was supposed to be a small demonstration against rising prices
0:05:09 > 0:05:14and continuing unemployment.
0:05:14 > 0:05:20This man is urging the ruling clerics to give him a job.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Demonstrators have a favourite slogan that says, "The young
0:05:24 > 0:05:30are sitting idle, while the mullahs are sitting in palaces."
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Many are angry that the authorities are using Iran's money on war
0:05:34 > 0:05:37efforts abroad in places like Syria, Iraq and Yemen, instead
0:05:37 > 0:05:40of spending it at home.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Clearly there is seething discontent.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Scenes we have not seen in Iran for several years.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51Kasra Naji, BBC News.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53£60 million is being allocated by the government to help
0:05:53 > 0:05:58fund new children's TV programmes.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00The money will come from the 2010 BBC licence fee
0:06:00 > 0:06:03settlement and will be given to channels including ITV,
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Channel 4 and Channel 5.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05The aim is to help commercial programme-makers
0:06:05 > 0:06:10compete with the BBC.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Younger people will enjoy the biggest "inheritance boom"
0:06:12 > 0:06:14of any post-war generation - that's according to the think tank
0:06:14 > 0:06:18the Resolution Foundation, which analyses living standards.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Those born in the 80s and early 90s, known as millennials,
0:06:21 > 0:06:22will inherit more wealth than previous generations.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26There's a snag, though - on average, they'll be waiting
0:06:26 > 0:06:28for their windfall until their 60s.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Our business correspondent Joe Lynam explains.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35We've long been told that millennials, aged between 17 and 35,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37face major financial challenges.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40They are paid less than their parents,
0:06:40 > 0:06:41they won't have generous pensions, than their parents,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43and they can't get on the housing ladder.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46But there may be some good news for them.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50So we know there's a big generational wealth divide.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Millennials are accumulating wealth at a far slower rate than the baby
0:06:54 > 0:06:55boomers before them did.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58We have looked at whether inheritances are going to solve
0:06:58 > 0:06:59that problem for them.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02And they will play a really big role.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04There will be lots more money coming down in the coming decades.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07And it will be a bit more widely spread because of high
0:07:07 > 0:07:11homeownership among the parents.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13But this isn't the silver bullet for millennials'
0:07:13 > 0:07:14living standards woes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16According to the Resolution Foundation, the value
0:07:16 > 0:07:19of inheritances is set to double over the next 20 years,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22thanks to baby boomers aged between 50 and 70 leaving behind
0:07:22 > 0:07:25expensive property and investments.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29But the think tank says the average age someone inherits is 61,
0:07:29 > 0:07:33meaning too late for many of today's house hunters.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Soaring property prices, especially in the south-east,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40lie behind the expected surge in inheritances in the future.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43So if you're in your 30s or younger, and your parents own property,
0:07:43 > 0:07:45then you can expect to inherit something substantial.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49But if your parents don't own any major assets,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52then your future wealth prospects don't look as good.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57Joe Lynam, BBC News.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00With all the sport, here's Katherine Downes
0:08:00 > 0:08:05at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09We start in Melbourne where Australia held England
0:08:09 > 0:08:19to a draw in the 4th Ashes Test.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21England had been hopeful of a first win of the series,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23thanks to an unbeaten 244 from Alastair Cook,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26but Australian captain Steve Smith dug in to bat out the final day
0:08:26 > 0:08:27with yet another century.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30The good news for England - it won't be a whitewash.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Patrick Gearey is in Melbourne for us.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Morning has broken, but with the Australians? With the weather kind
0:08:35 > 0:08:37after yesterday's rain, England were up against a vanishing time and two
0:08:37 > 0:08:40batsmen in anything but a hurry. When David Warner shuffled to his
0:08:40 > 0:08:4450, he had been at the crease more than three and a half hours. In the
0:08:44 > 0:08:48face of that self-denial, Joe Root had been given a puzzle on his
0:08:48 > 0:08:52birthday. Eventually he decided he might be the answer. He came on to
0:08:52 > 0:09:01bowl, Warner took the bait and James Vince took the catch. Progress.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Stuart Broad's accuracy and Bairstow's agility removed Shaun
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Marsh with Australia just 14 ahead. The other Marsh was bogged down
0:09:06 > 0:09:09initially but Mitchell escaped, crucially. Steve Smith was still
0:09:09 > 0:09:13there, as he had been all day, as he always seems to be. With England
0:09:13 > 0:09:16getting no help from the pitch and even less from the Australian
0:09:16 > 0:09:20captain, all that was left was for Smith, the man who has now batted
0:09:20 > 0:09:24for more than 30 hours in the series, to complete his century and
0:09:24 > 0:09:27secure the draw. England couldn't shift him, no matter what their
0:09:27 > 0:09:34efforts.To come off three very difficult games and put in a
0:09:34 > 0:09:37performance like that was very pleasing. That's what we are about
0:09:37 > 0:09:40as a side. That's a fair reflection of what we are capable of as a team.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45England's denied by Smith and this flat pitch. They have produced a
0:09:45 > 0:09:49much improved performance. They will not suffer the embarrassment of a
0:09:49 > 0:09:535-0 whitewash, but in truth it wasn't Ashes cricket at the most
0:09:53 > 0:09:59exciting. Patrick Geary in Melbourne.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Staying with cricket, the England Women skipper
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Heather Knight has received an OBE in the Queen's
0:10:03 > 0:10:04New Year's Honours list.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Her teammates Tammy Beaumont and bowler Anya Shrubsole
0:10:06 > 0:10:09are awarded MBEs.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Also in the New Years Honours list - British and Irish Lions
0:10:12 > 0:10:14captain Sam Warburton has been awarded an OBE.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16The Welshman led the Lions in the drawn Test series
0:10:16 > 0:10:18against world champions New Zealand during the summer.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21A full list of honours can be found on the BBC website.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Celtic are looking to extend their lead at the top
0:10:24 > 0:10:26of the Scottish Premiership table this afternoon, and they're up
0:10:26 > 0:10:30against their old rivals Rangers in the Old Firm derby.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34It's been an exciting start at Celtic Park in Glasgow.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Both sides have had early chances, Rangers going close
0:10:36 > 0:10:38in the opening five minutes.
0:10:38 > 0:10:44But since then they've been under pressure.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Scott Sinclair has had the best chances for Celtic, coming closest
0:10:47 > 0:10:53just on the cusp of half-time. No goals there as yet.
0:10:53 > 0:11:00World Champion Bianca Walkden has rounded off her outstanding year
0:11:00 > 0:11:02with gold at the inaugural World Taekwondo Grand
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Slam series in China.
0:11:03 > 0:11:10By defeating USA's Olympic bronze medallist Jackie Galloway
0:11:10 > 0:11:13in the final, Walkden won the title - and the £52,000 prize
0:11:13 > 0:11:14pot - the largest ever in taekwondo.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16She says she now plans to buy a house.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18That's all the sport for now.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22You can follow the closing stages of the old firm derby on the BBC sport
0:11:22 > 0:11:28website as as well as all the other of the day's football festive
0:11:28 > 0:11:29fixtures.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38The next news on BBC One is at 5:30pm, bye for now.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57It looks like we will end the year with the fourth named storm of the
0:11:57 > 0:11:59season. Dylan has lets to