Sir Idris, 53, who is known for his roles in The Wire and Luther, is knighted for services to young people, having founded the Elba Hope Foundation.

He said: "I receive this honour on behalf of the many young people whose talent, ambition and resilience has driven the work of the Elba Hope Foundation.

"I hope we can do more to draw attention to the importance of sustained, practical support for young people and to the responsibility we all share to help them find an alternative to violence."

Torvill and Dean say honour is 'wonderful and humbling'

Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher, who took home the Olympic gold at the 1984 Winter Games and saw success at the World, European and British Champions, are made a Dame and Sir for services to ice skating and to voluntary service. They said the honour is "wonderful and humbling at the same time".

They are joined by Paul Elliott, one half of the Chuckle Brothers, who is made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), and Matt Lucas, half of the Little Britain comedy duo with David Walliams, who becomes an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Lionesses and Red Roses

The Lionesses feature heavily on the list after their Euros win in the summer. Captain Leah Williamson is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), while Alex Greenwood, Keira Walsh, Georgia Stanway and Ella Toone become MBEs.

The team's Dutch manager, Sarina Wiegman, who has won the Euros twice with England and once with the Netherlands, is awarded an honorary damehood, the Cabinet Office said.

Wiegman said: "I would like to express my sincere gratitude for this honour. When I first arrived in England, I could never have imagined the respect and warmth I've experienced from the English people. I deeply thank the fans for their support."

Members of England Women's Rugby World Cup winning squad are also featured, with Marlie Packer and Zoe Aldcroft becoming OBEs, along with coach John Mitchell. Their teammates Ellie Kildunne, Sadia Kabeya and Megan Jones are made MBEs after the Red Roses defeated Canada in the final in September.

Three-time London Marathon winner Paula Radcliffe, who held the women's marathon record for 16 years, is made an OBE.

'Best thing that's ever happened to me - and I've been in Star Wars'

Also made OBEs are presenter and author Richard Osman, actor Warwick Davis and broadcaster Gabby Logan. The Kumars At No 42 actress Meera Syal, 64, becomes a Dame.

Osman, 55, author of The Thursday Murder Club book series, said he was "absolutely thrilled" with the honour, while Davis, also 55, said: "This is the best thing that's ever happened to me and I've been in Star Wars."

Wicked star Cynthia Erivo is made an MBE for services to music and drama, while football commentator Clive Tyldesley becomes an OBE for services to sports broadcasting and to charity.

Writer Roy Clarke, who created the sitcoms Last Of The Summer Wine, Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances, becomes a knight.

Oldest Horizon IT scandal victim and D-Day veteran honoured

A woman thought to be the oldest victim of the Horizon IT scandal, 92-year-old Betty Brown, has said it was a "shocker" to have been made an OBE for seeking justice for subpostmasters.

D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh, 101, said it was a "wonderful thing" to be awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Holocaust remembrance and education.

The oldest person on the list is 102-year-old John Hearn, one of four centenarians included, who receives a BEM for services to Judo and to the community in northeast England.

The youngest recipient is 20-year-old Olympic gold medal-winning sports climber Toby Roberts, from Elstead in Surrey, who becomes an MBE.

'The very best of Britain'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: "This year's Honours list celebrates the very best of Britain - people who put the common good ahead of themselves to strengthen communities and change lives.

"Their quiet dedication speaks to the decent, compassionate country we are proud to be. On behalf of the whole nation, thank you - and congratulations to everyone recognised today."

The sunburn is my fault. But Donald Trump is to blame for the whiplash, such is his style of diplomacy. He'd have it no other way. He's busy making things happen. That's how he frames it.

But let's take stock because there has been a lot to process. What's actually been achieved over these past two days, how much was just theatrical hot air, and what surprises were there?

Let's begin with the Middle East and the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"An outstanding meeting." That's how Netanyahu's spokesman described the day to me as it all wrapped up.

You can see why he might think this. Netanyahu got what he came for.

• Trump's commitment to bomb Iran again (if US intelligence concludes, as Israeli spooks do, that it is indeed rearming)? Tick.

• Trump to blame Hamas as being wholly responsible for the faltering Gaza ceasefire and for preventing phase two from progressing? Tick.

• Trump to heap praise on Netanyahu as the saviour of Israel and wartime leader like no other? Tick (and one for the election campaign video).

• Trump to publicly state that Netanyahu should be pardoned in his corruption case and press Israel's president to enact the pardon forthwith? Tick.

There's a lot to process just there.

Trump saying he remains locked and loaded on Iran. Trump threatening "all hell" on Hamas. How will all this play out in 2026? If he follows through (big if), how will his base react domestically? There's so much to consider.

There were some intriguing divergences between Netanyahu and Trump, one on Syria and the other on the West Bank.

On Syria, Trump said he wanted to thaw relations between the new Syrian president and Israel. Good luck to him if he can. It would be an achievement and welcome.

On the West Bank, Trump suggested he was worried about settler violence and expansion. It's a huge issue, it threatens Trump's vision for the region. Again - if he can stop the violence and expansion, that would be an achievement.

I'm not holding my breath.

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But, as ever, there was more too; the stuff we didn't expect from the two free-flowing impromptu news conferences at which the American president did almost all the talking.

He was asked about an attack on Venezuela which, casually and vaguely, he'd dropped into an earlier interview.

He confirmed that, yes, he'd ordered an attack on a "big facility" in Venezuela. That's big news - the first American land attack. Yet it was just another moment in this second day of Mar-a-Lago diplomacy.

Then there was his response to what appears to be a massive Chinese military dress rehearsal for a blockade of Taiwan.

Was Trump worried? No, he said. "Nothing worries me."

Just chill? Or doesn't really care? It's hard to know sometimes.

A day earlier, it had been Ukraine's president at Mar-a-Lago.

Is it ironic or just mad that Volodymyr Zelenskyy was coming from his city of actual palaces, including his own presidential palace, to a Disneyland town called Palm Beach and the faux-palace of a former real estate tycoon to beg for support for his country's future.

It seemed to go well though.

Ukrainian officials told me they were very pleased with the commitment Trump gave on security guarantees. They glossed over the wholly important issue of how long those guarantees last or whether they can trust Trump's word. What choice do they have?

Of course, there was more. President Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin twice - before and after the Zelenskyy meeting. And it was what he said after the second call that piqued interest.

He announced that Putin had told him Ukraine had attacked one of his homes with a swarm of drones.

Zelenskyy had already called the claim out as lies. The suggestion from Kyiv is that if it happened it was a false flag to try to derail the peace process because Putin doesn't want peace.

But Trump's tone suggested he was taking Putin's word for it. Remember, in his first term, Trump took Putin's word over that of his own intelligence agencies.

And so, a head-spinning two days of news; a fitting way to end the year.

2026 is an election year for Donald Trump. The midterms are in November. He needs to focus on the "home front", as his vice-president subtly reminded him a couple of months ago. The economy and the cost of living, not foreign conflicts.

Trump knows that. But so to do America's adversaries and its troublesome allies. What will they gamble on in 2026 knowing that he may not care, or may just go along with it.

Buckle up.

Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele died in Monday's road traffic accident which happened on a busy highway around lunchtime.

They were both described as being "integral members" of the boxer's team.

Joshua, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, suffered minor injuries as he travelled in the back of a black Lexus that hit a truck in Makun, ⁠Ogun State, about 30 miles from the country's biggest city, Lagos.

Ghami and Ayodele were also passengers in the Lexus.

Authorities said Joshua, 36, was taken to hospital for treatment along with another injured person.

Joshua and the other survivor are described by officials as being in a "stable" condition.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident.

'Shocking and devastating news'

Naming the two men who died, Joshua's spokesperson said in a statement: "It is with the deepest and most profound sadness that we confirm, following a road traffic accident in Lagos Nigeria earlier today, the death of Sina Ghami and Kevin 'Lateef' Ayodele.

"Both were close friends and integral members of Anthony's team. We respectfully ask that space and privacy be given to the families at this time while they process this truly shocking and devastating news."

The Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on X: "I have spoken with AJ to personally convey my condolences over the passing of his two close associates, Kevin Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami in the recent accident.

"I wished him a full and speedy recovery, and prayed with him. AJ assured me he is receiving the best possible care."

A statement on X by Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn, from Matchroom Boxing, also confirmed the victims' names, saying: "With profound sadness it has been confirmed that two close friends and team members Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele have tragically passed away."

The crash happened on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway near Sagamu, at about midday local time (11am UK time), according to the Nigerian federal road safety corps (FRSC).

Joshua is on holiday in Africa following his win over US YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Miami just over a week ago.

How did the crash happen?

The FRSC said preliminary findings indicated the Lexus was "suspected to be travelling beyond the legally prescribed limit" and "lost control" while overtaking before crashing into the truck, which was parked by the side of the road.

"The primary causes of the crash being excessive speed and wrongful overtaking constitute serious traffic violations and remain among the leading causes of fatal road crashes on Nigerian highways," the corps said on X.

The boxer has Nigerian heritage

Joshua, who is the son of British-Nigerian parents, attended a boarding school in Ikenne, around 50 miles from where the crash happened, before returning to ‌Britain at the age of 12.

Pictures released by the FRSC show the badly damaged Lexus that Joshua was travelling in and the red Sinotruck that it collided with.

Footage posted on social media shows the British ex-world heavyweight champion apparently wincing in pain as he is helped out of the wreckage by a crowd.

Other clips show him in an emergency vehicle, wearing only a pair of shorts, as he is driven away from the scene.

The crash happened just days after Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their fight in Miami.

The fight marked the end of a 15-month hiatus for Joshua, who is expected to fight long-time rival Tyson Fury in 2026.

Inside: Condoms, knickers, sandwiches, and teabags.

The service is one of many that have been set up by charities across the country to support women selling sex on the streets.

As many as 140 women do so in Bristol on any given night.

They are among the most vulnerable women in an industry where experiences can vary dramatically.

"We're going to where the women are actually working, so we're meeting their needs where they're at," said Tracey Tudor, a services manager, sitting in the front seat of the van.

"We offer a safe haven, a safe space for women to have some respite from the street sex work."

Women can come inside to access food and hot drinks or clean needles and underwear. 

Sometimes they just need a place to charge their phone, but other times they may be escaping sexual violence.

'They don't want to be out here'

"This is often the last option that women will choose," Tracey said.

"They don't want to be out here. If we had a better sort of system socially and economically, access to benefits, access to housing, access to health, it would be a perfect world."

Many of the women One25 works with have long-standing issues, whether that's addiction or homelessness - sometimes both.

Some may be pimped or trafficked, others will have come to this work as a last resort.

The charity has seen a 76% increase in demand for the service over the last two years.

It is difficult to be precise about all the factors driving women into sex work.

However, charities across the country say rising hardship, driven by the cost of living crisis, is causing more women to enter or re-enter the industry.

Dramatic increase in sex adverts, say support workers

At Changing Lives, Merseyside, support workers have noted a dramatic increase in sex adverts in the city.

"A year ago, we had about 180 online sex ads for Merseyside at any one time. Today, 1,400," said Sarah Clarke, a manager. 

The flow of women into the industry has added greater urgency to the debate on the laws surrounding sex work.

It is an arena that hosts passionate views on all sides, and the diversity of the industry complicates the search for neat solutions.

The selling of sexual services is not illegal but soliciting in public and brothel-keeping are.

Sex workers can face criminal penalties like fines or prostitute cautions, which stay on record until the age of 100.

Some campaigners, including former and current Labour MPs, say the government should remove sanctions on sex workers but clamp down on those who buy sex, criminalising the demand for services in transactions they say are inherently exploitative.

A similar model is in place in Sweden, Norway and Finland.

'They aren't in a safe situation'

Baroness Thangam Debbonaire, a former Labour MP for Bristol West, said: "We have to legislate in a way that protects the largest number of people from the largest amount of harm.

"There will always be exceptions to any law, however, at the moment, they aren't in a safe situation, and they are also vulnerable to be criminalised for somebody else's behaviour and that makes me really angry.

"I don't think the existing laws are satisfactory, but to legalise the demand side, to leave it legalised because effectively it mostly is, leaves men in a position of power."

She added: "I know there will be women watching this who will say, 'I've done it and I wasn't unsafe', and I respect that difference of experience.

"But I have also listened to many women who have exited prostitution and I have looked at the research amongst survivors of prostitution who say there was no safe way and whether or not it was legal, that did not affect if it was safe in the room, in the car, on the street when they were in that transactional situation."

'The laws around sex work need to change'

However, many are unconvinced by that argument, including Audrey, a sex worker who has been working in a brothel in Bristol for the past year.

She says targeting buyers would only drive sex work further underground, making it more unsafe for women. 

She says the buying and selling of sex should be decriminalised.

"The laws around sex work need to change. It needs to be decriminalised so sex workers are able to organise for our own safety", she said, giving the example of a friend who has asked Audrey if she would be happy to drive her to bookings.

"I always agree but that vital act of safety that I'm providing for my friends is actually a criminal act," Audrey said.

"You do have to constantly make that decision between, okay, should I work safely and risk myself breaking the law?

"Or do I work with the law and work alone, isolated and potentially in a lot of danger?"

A Home Office spokesperson said: "As part of our mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, we are funding a pilot of the first national law enforcement intelligence and investigation hub for sexual exploitation.

"We are currently considering options on how we can best support those impacted by prostitution and sexual exploitation."

A Downing Street file on royal visits, from 2004 and 2005, was briefly shared with journalists under embargo ahead of the annual release of government papers to the National Archives in Kew, west London, under the 20-year rule.

It included the minutes of a meeting discussing travel plans for the former prince, who was a trade envoy at the time.

However, the documents were withdrawn and the version sent to the archives for public viewing had these details and others about Andrew redacted.

Government records are released to the archives and made public after 20 years. However, files relating to the Royal Family are regularly withheld under the Public Records Act.

The Cabinet Office, which is responsible for transferring the files to the archives, said the royal documents had been handed to journalists unredacted due to an "administrative error", as they had never been intended for release.

"All records are managed in line with the requirements of the Public Records Act. Any release is subject to an extensive review process, including engaging expert stakeholders," a spokesperson added.

The minutes of the travel meeting, which were seen by journalists for news outlets including the Press Association before they were pulled from the file, appeared to be unexceptional.

Campaigners argue royal exemptions should not apply

Anti-monarchy campaigners say there is no reason for the documents to be withheld, especially as Andrew has been stripped of all his royal titles and honours over his links with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

"There should be no royal exemption at all. But this exemption surely doesn't apply to Andrew now he's no longer a royal," said Graham Smith, chief executive of campaign group Republic.

The documents should be released "without fear or favour", he added, "to allow the public to make informed judgments about the royals".

Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing.

He was not the only royal discussed in the mistaken release - with minutes around potential travel plans for Prince William (now the Prince of Wales) also released.

What was in the other declassified documents?

Other papers released to the National Archives include documents on Zimbabwe, details of plans drawn up to redevelop Downing Street under Tony Blair, and an apology John Major had to make to the Queen Mother.

According to newly declassified files on Zimbabwe, the Foreign Office warned military action to overthrow Robert Mugabe was not a "serious option" amid frustration in Mr Blair's government at the Zimbabwean dictator's determination to cling to power, as the former British colony descended into violence and economic chaos.

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An options paper, drawn up in July 2004, was quick to rule out any use of military force. A year after the UK joined a US-led coalition to overthrow the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, it said that this time Britain would be on its own if it tried to invade.

Details of the ambitious Downing Street programme were also declassified. The property had become so run down that the programme - codenamed Project George - was drawn up, proposing a major multi-million pound development including a two-storey "subterranean suite" under the No 10 garden and an underground service road for VIP visitors.

It is not clear from the files why the government did not procced with the plan - although cost may well have been an issue.

And the papers also revealed that Downing Street had to issue an apology when John Major was in power, when a birthday telegram he sent to the Queen Mother was apparently addressed in an "improper manner".

The Queen Mother's private secretary called No 10 demanding an explanation as to why the 1994 birthday greeting had been "incorrectly addressed", documents show, although it is not clear exactly what caused the outrage.