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I see "Big Al" has been named in the Queens Birthday Honors this year.. Do you think Her Maj is a fan of his???

I don't know! Someone enlighten me. 17 weeks sounds far too early to go on leave.

Well,17 weeks is about 4 months.. Nina may be back next week,Sophie Rayworth presented the 6 o'clock news until she was like a balloon!

Yeah, congratulations to Alastair, he is a fantastic Newsreader, and deserves it too, nice to see some archive footage on the 4.15pm News of his very early days..

Yes, many congratulations to 'Big Al'. He definately deserves it.

What did he get?

He's been given an OBE.

They must have knew the day before, as they done a behind the scene shot of the Lunchtime News with Alistair and Andrea.

He'd have known for weeks.... we in the media know 12pm the day before (Friday) so we can get interviews for running from midnight.

Sorry, where can we see this shot?

It was in the report by Simon Harris on Saturday, about the police officer who was behind the terror raid in Forrest Gate and got an award. At the end there was a little bit about some of the other award winners, including Alastair Stewart.

Any caps?