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Century contribution to music. Former bg barry gibb said he was humbled and proud to be made sir berry. Barry. Warhorse orfor michael mokoko, and one time childrens lorry at is proud of his honour, and says he hopes it is something that emphasises importance of rich literature. Reading is something that helps against stupidity and ignorance. The greater so we can stupidity and ignorance. The greater so we can give children is to make them readers. Former deputy Prime Minister nick clegg has been...

May. He selects the letters. Sir graham. Quite helpfulfor theresa may to keep in sweet. I agree with tim. Sprinkle some stardust on otherwise a very worthy list. I like the idea of someone who has done 25 yea rs the idea of someone who has done 25 Years Service for charity work, to recognised. It is a sense, how do they choose the people . Isnt darcey bustle worthy . She was one of the brightest stars of the royal ballet. One of the greatest dancers in english is. Why is it only when she has bee...

Your vehicle and the car in front. Leeds bradford airport had to shut its runway for a few hours while snowploughs and critters made it safe. That hard work clearing the ru nway safe. That hard work clearing the runway has paid off and flights are landing and taking off at regular intervals at Leeds Bradford airport. Some passengers were diverted to other airports and others delayed by several hours. For those notjetting off to the sunshine, there were skiing conditions in the park in leeds, alt...

Welcome to bbc news. Snow and ice have led to another day of travel disruption in parts of the uk. Passengers at Glasgow Airport faced delays, after heavy snow caused flights to be suspended for a while. There was snow too across Northern England and the southern pennines. The rac has warned that driving conditions will be very difficult, if not impossible, in the worst affected areas. Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports. Grounded at glasgow flights at the citys airport were suspended after ...

Working from the control room to make sure that that impacts not too severe. Drivers are advised only to travel if necessary. Judith moritz, bbc news, wakefield. Now, its time for the weather. After today brought snow for some of us, the weather is going to turn progressively less wintry. A band of rain pushing northwards and east was during the night. Some snow for high ground of wales, Northern England and maybe low levels in Northern Ireland. A mild night to the south but Northern Areas acros...

Tribute to the victims of grenfell fire. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the political commentator and journalist, Daisy Mcandrew and tim stanley, lead writer at the daily telegraph. Tomorrows front pages of course some of the papers are dominated by the Tropical Storm harvey. The ft reports that the us state houston has been hit by catastrophic flooding as the storm caused torrential rains along much of the texas coast. The ex...

You said, a 100 acre paradise. The creation of winnie the pooh is the focus of a new british film. Well get Mark Kermodes thoughts on this and the rest of the cinema releases in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The governor of the bank of england has given his strongest indication so far that Interest Rates could rise, possibly as early as november. But mark carney told the bbc that any increase would be limited and gradual. The base rate was cut to the Current Record low o...

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Your regular guide the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. On the days programme, the eu is preparing the ground work for a new trade deal. Not with britain, but with australia and new zealand. So could the plans be a template for a future deal with the uk . The European Parliament has been debating what can be done to halt Sexual Harassment, with many staff in brussels saying they have been victims themselves. And, as the eu votes to bring in tougher border controls, we will look at whether...

Plans that would reduce the veto power of Member States in a number of sensitive areas, like taxation, and replace it with qualified majority voting. No solution in the crisis in catalonia this week. While the Central Government decided whether to impose direct rule, the Regional Government said that would make declaring independence more likely. One of europes richest men, andrej babis, is to become the next Prime Minister of the czech republic. The tycoon turned populist, who has been compared...