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

Stephen Fry said he is “startled and enchanted” to be awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours and hopes it sets an example that there is “always hope”. The actor, screenwriter and author is being ...

A Bolton trusted medical professional has been named in this year’s New Year Honours List. Professor Sanjay Arya is a medical director and consultant cardiologist at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh ...

A borough author says he is "chuffed to bits" after being recognised with an MBE in the King's New Year Honours list ...

Atherton’s Olympic 800 metre gold medallist, Keely Hodgkinson, has become a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New ...

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

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 ...

Liam Delap’s barnstorming display helped Ipswich register a first Premier League home win in 22 years with a memorable 2-0 victory over Chelsea to further damage their faint title prospects.

The service said more than 340 calls were waiting to be answered at the time the critical incident was declared on Monday evening.

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency has said.

A team of Scottish researchers have helped solve the mystery over a volcanic eruption that caused famines and crop failures ...

A rare severe flood warning of “danger to life” has been issued for part of northern Scotland on Hogmanay, as a heavy downpour of rain is expected to burst riverbanks. Aviemore and nearby areas in the ...