30/12/2017 BBC Weekend News

Good evening.

Two of the most famous names

in music - Ringo Starr

of the Beatles and Barry Gibb

of the Bee Gees - are among

those awarded knighthoods

in the New Year Honours list.

The former deputy prime minister

Nick Clegg also receives

a knighthood and Darcey Bussell,

the accomplished ballerina and judge

on Strictly Come Dancing

has been made a Dame.

They're among 1,100 people named

in the New Year Honours list

- many of whom have been rewarded

for their work in the community.

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.

Easy, Joey, easy now.

A knighthood, too, for the creator

of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo.

Strictly judge Darcey Bussell,

who has occasionally performed

on the programme too,

is 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.

Are you English, Pine?

And best-selling Riders

author Jilly Cooper.

Absolutely 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.

Hull had a hugely successful year

as UK's City of Culture.

Members of the team behind the 12

month celebration have

been made CBE and OBEs.

# 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:

The 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.

England cricket players

have been recognised,

including Anya Shrubsole.

Her bowling helped England

win the World Cup.

It really has been a landmark year

and it says a huge amount

about the whole tournament

and women's cricket

in general, I think.

It shows how much the game has

grown and just how big

that tournament was,

that it's recognised in something

like the New Year Honours list.

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 about 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 aren't

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.

Firefighters are tackling

a blaze in a block of flats

in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

The fire is on the ninth floor

and tenth floors of the 12-storey

building on Joiner Street.

Police closed part of the road

and Manchester Fire and Rescue

service is asking people to avoid

the area and to keep their doors

and windows shut if they are nearby.

In Iran, thousands of people

are rallying in support

of the Government after street

protests against the authorities

entered their third day.

State television has shown crowds

of people in the capital Tehran.

The anti-government protests started

in Mashhad and spread to several

parts of the country,

over what demonstrators

say is corruption and

falling living standards.

Our correspondent

Wyre Davies reports.

The third day of protests in Iran,

what began in small cities is now

spreading to the capital Tehran and

the main university campus. These

are worrying signs for the Iranian

government and the ultraconservative

Shia clerics who have rolled over

the country since the 1979

revolution. Shouting for the clerics

to give him a job, this protester

typifies the economic anger felt by

many Iranians, they accuse the

clerics of living in gilded palaces

and sponsoring conflicts overseas

while the economy and the country

suffers. But dissent in Iran is only

tolerated to appoint. Uniformed and

plain clothes police clashed with

protesters and made dozens of

arrests in several cities.

I don't

expect the protest to snowball as of

now because the regime has a

response in place and if the

protesters don't stop ultimately the

reaction will become heavy-handed.

We are just not there yet.

In a

response on Twitter Donald Trump

want Iran that the world was

watching saying that Tehran should

respect people's rights to express

themselves. Comments that the

Iranian Foreign Minister called

opportunistic and deceitful. The

government has warned people not to

take part in what it calls illegal

protests, organising instead large,

pro-regime counterdemonstrations, in

support of the supreme leader. And

the end of two clever -- the end to

clerical role has been a theme of

this demonstration, some of which

has ended in violence.

Nepal has banned solo climbers

from scaling its mountains,

including Mount Everest.

The new safety regulations also

prevent double amputee and blind

climbers from attempting to reach

the summit of the world's highest

peak unless they can produce

a medical certificate

proving their fitness.

The government says the law has been

revised to make mountaineering safer

and reduce the number

of accidents and deaths.

Younger people will enjoy

the biggest "inheritance boom"

of any post-war generation according

to a research body that

analyses living standards.

The Resolution Foundation says those

born in the 80s and early 90s,

known as millennials,

will inherit more wealth

than previous generations.

There's a snag, though -

they are not likely to benefit

from the money until their 60s,

as 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,

and they can't get

on the housing ladder.

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've 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

amongst the parents.

But this isn't the silver

bullet to millennials'

living standards woes.

It's match day at Sheffield United

and there is always

a sense of anticipation.

But when it comes to money this

study suggests that young people

will have to wait until they're

in their 60s before inheriting

anything, but are they worried?

You put so much work in at uni

and so much into your job,

and you're not going to be able

to own a house and have a house

for your family and I think that's

difficult knowing that.

Knowing that you've got to wait that

length of time in the future.

Well, we'll inherit it

but it was never our

money to begin with.

Exactly.

So I don't suppose it

makes a difference.

Whether we've got to wait or not.

Unless of course I spend

it all before I go.

LAUGHTER

Which may happen.

It may happen.

Although millennials are set

to inherit more than any previous

generation thanks to booming

property values, that assumes

that the inheritance is not

spent on social care

for their parents or themselves.

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.

Football and in the Scottish

Premiership the final Old Firm game

of 2017 ended in a stalemate.

Celtic created the better

opportunities in the first half