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TV executive Peter Bazalgette, who brought Big Brother to the UK and devised a string of much-copied lifestyle and reality shows, has called his knighthood in the New Year Honours List a "delightful compliment".

Ronnie Corbett has received a CBE for services to entertainment and charity in the New Year Honours.

Lorraine Kelly said she was "thrilled" to be recognised in the New Year Honours list.

Helena Bonham Carter said she decided to accept her CBE in "honour" of her late father who spent the last years of his life severely disabled after a routine operation went wrong.

Only one in five people knows how much of their cash would be protected if their bank or building society went under, the savings safety net said on the anniversary the new limit was put in place.

The commuter belt areas of Woking in Surrey and Falkirk in central Scotland are among 11 towns which outperformed London in a list of the biggest house-price percentage rises over the year.

Forget dreams of becoming a millionaire, cash-strapped consumers say £354,000 would be enough to change their lives forever, a survey has found.

Revellers looking to buy cheap alcohol to see in the new year have been warned about the dangers of counterfeit vodka.

Up to 6,000 prisoners are being held in jails beyond their release date, racking up tens of millions of pounds in unnecessary costs, a report has warned.

The Government will ignore calls for an "austerity Olympics" and instead use the event to help kick-start the economy, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has indicated.