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

Singer and radio presenter Hugo Duncan has dedicated his New Year Honour to his late mother, who raised him as a single parent. The popular BBC Radio Ulster star, affectionately known as “Uncle Hugo” ...

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 ...

Actor Stephen Fry, former England manager Gareth Southgate and London mayor Sadiq Khan have been knighted in the New Year Honours. Honours have gone to a host of Team GB athletes, including runner ...

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 ...

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 around the world, almost 200 years ago. Scientists from the University of St ...

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 ...

Clashes erupted last week in several cities across Syria between Assad supporters and the new government, which is led by ...

A coroner has issued a warning about the dangers of baby slings after a six-week-old boy died during “hands-free” breastfeeding. James Alderman, known as Jimmy, was being breastfed within a baby ...