Stephen Fry has been knighted in the U.K.'s annual New Year Honors list, while Carey Mulligan and Sarah Lancashire have been ...

In recent times, the British honours system has recognised people who have “made achievements in public life” and “committed ...

David Mearns speaks at the 95th annual Geographica Dinner after being awarded the Royal Canadian Geographical Society's Joseph-Elzéar Bernier Medal. (Photo ... of historic shipwrecks. The Order of the ...

Honours list has been released, with three Croydon residents being recognised for their contributions to the community.

A running enthusiast from Haywards Heath was ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘amazed’ when she was awarded a BEM in the King’s New Year ...

The 2025 list awards a Companion of Honour, of which there are only 65 recipients at any time, to author and screenwriter Sir ...

Stage and screen stage Bonnie Langford took to social media to share a touching tribute to her mother, Babette, who recently ...

Actor Stephen Fry, former England football manager Gareth Southgate and London Mayor Sadiq Khan are among those knighted in ...

A Leicester man awarded with the British Empire Medal has died aged 89 ... To see the tributes in full listed in alphabetical order, see below: (BETTY) Betty peacefully passed away on Tuesday ...

“To receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom conferred personally ... and an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, the first American designer to receive ...

Corinne Rowe, from Bracknell, in Berkshire, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM). The medal celebrates her work ... “It is so important to do this work in order to ensure people who are in ...

The order’s ranks, after knighthood or damehood ... Keely Hodgkinson and Katarina Johnson-Thompson among 500. – British Empire Medal (BEM) The BEM was reintroduced in 2012 by then-prime ...