The country music singer and BBC Radio Ulster presenter says he his proud his contribution to the entertainment industry has been recognised.

Gulati has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the cultural industries.

Mikayla Beames, 18, has been awarded a British Empire Medal after founding Team Mikayla following her cancer diagnosis aged four.

Nine-time Paralympic gold medallist Hannah Cockroft is made a CBE and Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson becomes an MBE.

Awards under the Royal Victorian Order are in the King’s gift and are bestowed independently of Downing Street.

Aston Villa ended a hugely successful 2024 with a disappointing 2-2 draw against Brighton as they failed to close the gap on the Premier League’s top four. Villa started the year by reaching a Europa ...

Mathematician Professor Alison Etheridge has been made a Dame and two other Oxford University professors have been recognised in the New ...

Three Metropolitan Police officers who made light of a serious sexual assault allegation have been given written warnings.

Janet Monk, joint district commissioner of Chadlington Brownies, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours for services to young people. Mrs Monk became Brown Owl at the age of ...

The organist and master of music at one of Scotland’s major cathedrals has said it is “humbling” to be recognised in the New Year Honours.

Author and Oxford University lecturer Alan Hollinghurst has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list for services to literature.