30/12/2017 BBC Weekend News

Good afternoon.

The Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr,

and the last surviving

member of the Bee Gees,

Barry Gibb, are among those awarded

knighthoods in the New Year Honours.

So, too, the former deputy prime

minister, Nick Clegg.

The former ballerina

Darcey Bussell, now a judge

on Strictly Come Dancing,

has been appointed a Dame.

Our Entertainment Correspondent,

Lizo Mzimba, reports.

# Twist and shout!

# Twist and shout.

More than 50 years after

Beatlemania, the Fab Four's drummer

has been honoured

with a knighthood...

# What would you do if I sang...

..Recognising Ringo Starr's

half-a-century-long

contribution to music.

# I get by with a little

help from my friends.

# Tragedy!

Former Bee Gee Barry Gibb said

he was humbled and very proud to be

made Sir Barry.

# With no-one to love you,

you're going nowhere.

War Horse author and one-time

children's laureate

Michael Morpurgo, who too

has been made a knight,

hopes his award highlights

the importance of literature

for young people.

Reading is a great bastion against

stupidity and bigotry and ignorance.

It is the greatest

weapon we have, really.

And the greatest assistance we can

give them is to make them readers.

Strictly judge Darcey Bussell,

who has occasionally performed

on the programme too,

is to be made a dame

for services to dance.

I'm Dickie Roper.

I'm the night manager.

Those being made CBEs,

the next highest level of award,

include actor Hugh Laurie

for services to drama.

You're English, Pine?

And best-selling Riders

author Jilly Cooper.

Absolutely knocked out.

Knocked out - I was thrilled.

I couldn't believe it.

I mean, suddenly to get a letter,

you know, and one thinks "Oh,

God, it's a bill, a gas

bill or something".

And it's this heavenly thing,

saying "You're a CBE".

It's wonderful.

# I've got to run away.

Singer and campaigner Marc Almond

is made an OBE for services

to arts and culture.

Musician and producer Wiley,

known as the "Godfather of Grime",

is made an MBE.

COMMENTATOR:

Pass to Warburton.

Brilliant catch by the captain!

In the world of sport,

Sam Warburton, who has captained

Wales and the British

and Irish Lions, is made an OBE.

Most of those being honoured

are ordinary people doing

extraordinary work,

like Efe Ezekiel, who acts

as a mentor for young people.

Of course, young people

are everything to me.

I'm passionate about them

and passionate their life,

their well-being and their welfare,

so for me to be recognised

for my passion is one

of the greatest honours ever,

so I'm in complete

gratitude and appreciation.

The majority of honours do go

to people who are not in the public

eye but who have given

exceptional service.

And in 2018, the honours committee

say they will be looking

to particularly recognise

individuals who were involved

in the response to,

and the aftermath of,

the London and Manchester

terror attacks,

and the fire at Grenfell Tower.

Lizo Mzimba, BBC News,

Buckingham Palace.

In Iran, thousands of people

are attending pro-government

rallies, following two days

of street protests

against the authorities.

State television has shown crowds

of people in the capital Tehran.

The anti-government protests saw

people demonstrating

against what they say is corruption

and falling living standards.

Our Persian Service Correspondent,

Kasra Naji, reports.

The third day of anti-government

protests in Iran.

This one in central Tehran,

around the main university campus.

Here they are shouting a slogan

against Iran's supreme leader,

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"Shame on you", they say.

"Let go of the country and leave."

Small protests, but significant,

and there are reports of more

demonstrations elsewhere

in the country.

Not far away, in north Tehran, this

is a government-sponsored rally,

planned before the latest wave

of anti-government protests

of the last three days.

The authorities hope the nationwide

rallies will be a show of force,

a way of claiming back the streets.

The focus of this rally is to show

support for the supreme leader.

The anti-government protests

broke out on Thursday

with what was supposed to be a small

demonstration against rising prices

and continuing unemployment.

This man is urging the ruling

clerics to give him a job.

Demonstrators have a favourite

slogan that says, "The young

are sitting idle, while the mullahs

are sitting in palaces."

Many are angry that the authorities

are using Iran's money on war

efforts abroad in places like Syria,

Iraq and Yemen, instead

of spending it at home.

Clearly there is

seething discontent.

Scenes we have not seen

in Iran for several years.

Kasra Naji, BBC News.

£60 million is being allocated

by the government to help

fund new children's TV programmes.

The money will come

from the 2010 BBC licence fee

settlement and will be

given to channels including ITV,

Channel 4 and Channel 5.

The aim is to help

commercial programme-makers

compete with the BBC.

Younger people will enjoy

the biggest "inheritance boom"

of any post-war generation -

that's according to the think tank

the Resolution Foundation,

which analyses living standards.

Those born in the 80s and early 90s,

known as millennials,

will inherit more wealth

than previous generations.

There's a snag, though -

on average, they'll be waiting

for their windfall until their 60s.

Our business correspondent

Joe Lynam explains.

We've long been told that

millennials, aged between 17 and 35,

face major financial challenges.

They are paid less

than their parents,

they won't have generous pensions,

than their parents,

and they can't get

on the housing ladder.

But there may be some

good news for them.

So we know there's a big

generational wealth divide.

Millennials are accumulating wealth

at a far slower rate than the baby

boomers before them did.

We have looked at whether

inheritances are going to solve

that problem for them.

And they will play

a really big role.

There will be lots more money coming

down in the coming decades.

And it will be a bit more widely

spread because of high

homeownership among the parents.

But this isn't the silver

bullet for millennials'

living standards woes.

According to the Resolution

Foundation, the value

of inheritances is set to double

over the next 20 years,

thanks to baby boomers aged

between 50 and 70 leaving behind

expensive property and investments.

But the think tank says the average

age someone inherits is 61,

meaning too late for many

of today's house hunters.

Soaring property prices,

especially in the south-east,

lie behind the expected surge

in inheritances in the future.

So if you're in your 30s or younger,

and your parents own property,

then you can expect

to inherit something substantial.

But if your parents don't

own any major assets,

then your future wealth prospects

don't look as good.

Joe Lynam, BBC News.

With all the sport,

here's Katherine Downes

at the BBC Sport Centre.

We start in Melbourne

where Australia held England

to a draw in the 4th Ashes Test.

England had been hopeful

of a first win of the series,

thanks to an unbeaten

244 from Alastair Cook,

but Australian captain Steve Smith

dug in to bat out the final day

with yet another century.

The good news for England -

it won't be a whitewash.

Patrick Gearey is in

Melbourne for us.

Morning has broken, but with the

Australians? With the weather kind

after yesterday's rain, England were

up against a vanishing time and two

batsmen in anything but a hurry.

When David Warner shuffled to his

50, he had been at the crease more

than three and a half hours. In the

face of that self-denial, Joe Root

had been given a puzzle on his

birthday. Eventually he decided he

might be the answer. He came on to

bowl, Warner took the bait and James

Vince took the catch. Progress.

Stuart Broad's accuracy and

Bairstow's agility removed Shaun

Marsh with Australia just 14 ahead.

The other Marsh was bogged down

initially but Mitchell escaped,

crucially. Steve Smith was still

there, as he had been all day, as he

always seems to be. With England

getting no help from the pitch and

even less from the Australian

captain, all that was left was for

Smith, the man who has now batted

for more than 30 hours in the

series, to complete his century and

secure the draw. England couldn't

shift him, no matter what their

efforts.

To come off three very

difficult games and put in a

performance like that was very

pleasing. That's what we are about

as a side. That's a fair reflection

of what we are capable of as a team.

England's denied by Smith and this

flat pitch. They have produced a

much improved performance. They will

not suffer the embarrassment of a

5-0 whitewash, but in truth it

wasn't Ashes cricket at the most

exciting. Patrick Geary in

Melbourne.

Staying with cricket,

the England Women skipper

Heather Knight has received

an OBE in the Queen's

New Year's Honours list.

Her teammates Tammy Beaumont

and bowler Anya Shrubsole

are awarded MBEs.

Also in the New Years Honours list -

British and Irish Lions

captain Sam Warburton has

been awarded an OBE.

The Welshman led the Lions

in the drawn Test series

against world champions New Zealand

during the summer.

A full list of honours can be

found on the BBC website.

Celtic are looking to extend

their lead at the top

of the Scottish Premiership table

this afternoon, and they're up

against their old rivals Rangers

in the Old Firm derby.

It's been an exciting start

at Celtic Park in Glasgow.

Both sides have had early chances,

Rangers going close

in the opening five minutes.

But since then they've

been under pressure.

Scott Sinclair has had the best

chances for Celtic, coming closest

just on the cusp of half-time. No

goals there as yet.

World Champion Bianca Walkden has

rounded off her outstanding year

with gold at the inaugural

World Taekwondo Grand

Slam series in China.

By defeating USA's Olympic bronze

medallist Jackie Galloway

in the final, Walkden won the title

- and the £52,000 prize

pot - the largest ever in taekwondo.

She says she now

plans to buy a house.

That's all the sport for now.

You can follow the closing stages of

the old firm derby on the BBC sport

website as as well as all the other

of the day's football festive

fixtures.

You can see more on all of today's

stories on the BBC News Channel.

The next news on BBC One

is at 5:30pm, bye for now.

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with the fourth named storm of the

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