• The interval saw Matthew Hayden, who announced his retirement from first-class cricket earlier in the day, embark on a lap of honour in front of a 50, 000 strong crowd at his home ground at the Gabba.

    BBC: White & Hussey guide Aussies home

  • Every year in late April, the twin villages of Saloor-Dungra in the state of Uttarakhand (northern India) are marked by Ramman, a religious festival in honour of the tutelary god, Bhumiyal Devta, a local divinity whose temple houses most of the festivities.

    UNESCO: Culture

  • The princess opened the 152-metre three-span structure by unveiling a plaque in honour of PC Barker.

    BBC: PC Bill Barker's widow meets Princess Royal

  • That evening, the Secretary-General attended a reception in honour of Sustainable Energy for All hosted by Senator Tim Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation, and a dinner hosted by the Director of International Renewable Energy Agency, Adnan Amin.

    UN: Secretary-General

  • Near Christmas, volunteers put on a dazzling display of lights and, on the day before Christmas Eve, The Ship Inn cooks up a traditional dish of stargazy pie in honour of local lad Tom Bawcock, who supposedly ended a village famine by braving storms to land a bounty of fish.

    BBC: The perfect trip: Cornwall

  • He was awarded a CBE in 1966, later turned down a knighthood and became a Companion of Honour, an exclusive award in the gift of the Sovereign, in 2002.

    BBC: UK playwright Harold Pinter dies

  • Pte Wroe's father, Mick, led a round of applause in honour of the bravery of all the soldiers who have paid the "ultimate sacrifice".

    BBC: Pte Thomas Wroe

  • Mr Kidwai was one of a number of Aamir's friends who organised a football match in honour of the sport-mad teenager in the period after his death.

    BBC: Aamir Siddiqi

  • On 13 March a joint commemoration in honour of Holocaust victims will be held by Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece in Lom, northern Bulgaria.

    BBC: Bulgaria regrets failing to save thousands of Jews in WWII

  • Conservative county councillor Nick Nenadich, who also wants to get a statue commissioned in honour of the athlete, said "this guy has inspired thousands of people and I don't just mean people in Hereford".

    BBC: John Tarrant, world record breaking runner

  • He said a memorial or further scholarship in honour of Lady Thatcher was a matter for Somerville College, not the University of Oxford.

    BBC: Margaret Thatcher's Oxford college to hold memorial event

  • The television, however, is a family friend, with a place of honour in the living-room rather than the study.

    ECONOMIST: Open for couch potatoes

  • Earlier, delegates at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester held a minute's silence in honour of the two officers.

    BBC: UK

  • Many Ukrainians, especially politicians who some joke have more sins than most, step inside ice holes - cut in the shape of a cross - to honour the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River.

    BBC: Pagan holidays in modern Ukraine

  • There had been speculation that Pope Francis - who was a member of the Jesuit order - had chosen his name in honour of St Francis Xavier, a 16th Century Jesuit missionary in Asia.

    BBC: Pope Francis wants 'poor Church for the poor'

  • England formed a guard of honour in tribute to the retiring Kiwi skipper, and Fleming made the most of some wayward bowling and the predictability of the pitch to dominate the session.

    BBC: SPORT | Cricket | England | England poised for series victory

  • After bowling Fernando, Tikolo grabbed a stump, lifted Collins Obuya onto his shoulders and preceded to lead his players in a joyous lap of honour.

    BBC: Nairobi fans savour historic win

  • The 15 runners are raising money for the Squires Effect, a charity set up in honour of Miss Squires.

    BBC: London Marathon: Friends run for Claire Squires

  • Many competitors wore a black ribbon and observed a 30 second silence in honour of those killed and injured in last week's bombing at the Boston marathon.

    BBC: Ed Balls thanks Osborne for sponsoring his marathon effort

  • He was taken on a lap of honour around the town centre in an open-top car, followed by a cavalcade of cyclists from Pendle's local clubs.

    BBC: Colne parade for Olympic gold cyclist Steven Burke

  • Stoke took their foot off the pedal for the last 20 minutes as their army of fans basked in the glory of a performance worthy of an occasion billed as Sir Stanley Matthews Day in honour of the club legend.

    BBC: Stoke 3-0 Blackburn

  • They even learned to flatter the packs of western journalists who descended on Tehran: a lavish press breakfast was held in honour of the foreign guests.

    ECONOMIST: Iran��s reformers vault to victory

  • The players deservedly took a lap of honour after the final whistle, in front of the 2, 420-crowd fully appreciative of what their team has achieved.

    BBC: Chasetown 1-3 Cardiff

  • It was a "matter of honour, " he said in a statement.

    CNN: Palace defends prince's Enron link

  • After his address, Sir Andrew and Lady Ridgway inspected a Guard of Honour in the Royal Square and met islanders.

    BBC: Jersey politicians 'lost sight of victims of abuse'

  • He did however record another video message this week - and it was in honour of a pesky journalist, my old colleague Jeremy Paxman.

    BBC: Martha Kearney's week

  • But at least it has now become as much a point of honour in Salzburg to show that one is not a stick-in-the-mud, as it used to be a mark of prestige to get hold of a first-night ticket at all.

    ECONOMIST: What to wear for Salzburg

  • But the science team on Curiosity needed a target to try out the first close-contact work using the rover's arm-held X-ray-spectrometer, APXS. So the dark pyramid was chosen and informally given the name Jake Matijevic in honour of a recently deceased rover engineer.

    BBC: Cosmic coincidence on the road to Glenelg

  • At the end we did a warm down which turned into a small lap of honour and it was great to see a small knot of Scottish fans in the crowd.

    BBC: John Barclay's view

  • Members of the ship will lay a wreath at the Fowey War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday in honour of the fallen.

    BBC: Navy's newest ship visits Fowey

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