Ex-Tory minister Andrea Leadsom among Brexiteers receiving honours from the Queen 

Ex-Tory minister Andrea Leadsom, Vote Leave veteran Oliver Lewis and a £500,00 Tory-donating tycoon are among Brexiteers receiving honours from the Queen Former Tory minister Andrea Leadsom became a dame in Birthday Honours List Oliver Lewis, a veteran of the Vote Leave campaign, is made a CBE Will Adderley who was a donor to Leave … Read more

Inquiry into No10 flat funding could become biggest investigation since ‘Cash for Honours’ scandal 

The inquiry by the Electoral Commission into the funding of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street makeover has the potential to become the biggest investigation directly affecting No 10 since the New Labour ‘Cash for Honours’ scandal. While the MPs’ expenses scandal involved senior ministers, No 10 was not directly implicated, and only a handful of backbench MPs … Read more

Love Island’s Malin Andersson honours her late mum and daughter Consy in Mother’s Day post

Malin Andersson paid tribute to her late mum and daughter in an emotional Mother’s Day post on Sunday. Alongside an image of her first child in an incubator, the Love Island star, 28, admitted she ‘misses them more than anything’ in the heart-breaking tribute. The mental health campaigner lost her mother, Consy-Gloria, to stomach cancer … Read more

Amazon and outsourcing giant Serco are invited to apply for gongs in New Year honours 

Email leak reveals Amazon and outsourcing giant Serco are invited to apply for gongs in New Year honours Businesses have been invited to put their staff forward for New Year honours Capita, Amazon and Serco among others to receive invitation from Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy behind the invites Labour described the … Read more

Queen leads Britain in grief as she personally honours Captain Sir Tom Moore

The Queen is leading tributes tonight to NHS hero Captain Sir Tom Moore, as the Archbishop of Canterbury said: ‘Where he walked, a nation followed.’ Queen Elizabeth sent a private message of condolence to the veteran’s family after news of death broke today. In a statement, Buckingham Palace tweeted: ‘A Buckingham Palace spokesman: ‘Her Majesty … Read more

Bernardine Evaristo warns minorities who refuse honours risk making them prizes ‘for white people’

Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo OBE warns ethnic minorities who refuse honours for their links to Empire risk making them prizes ‘for white people’ Writer Bernadine Evaristo awarded an OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2020 The 61-year-old was first black woman to win Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel Evaristo has said it … Read more

Key member of Kate Middleton’s team recognised by the Queen in New Year’s Honours 

Kate Middleton and Prince William’s travel and logistics officer with ‘superb can-do attitude and great sense of humour’ is recognised in New Year’s Honours Member of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s, 38, staff has been recognised Tifare Alexander, born in Fiji, works as Travel and logistics officer for couple Has been made a Member of … Read more

New Year Honours: Social media fury as Jimmy Greaves ‘only’ gets MBE

Football fans are furious at the apparent overlooking of Jimmy Greaves in the New Year’s Honours after he received just an MBE for his services to football – while Lewis Hamilton will be knighted.   Greaves is included in the Honours revealed yesterday, after Sportsmail campaigned for his achievements, inexplicably overlooked for so many years. He became a … Read more

Sheila Hancock tells of ‘immense sense of duty’ after being made a Dame in New Year Honours list

Sheila Hancock has said she feels an ‘immense sense of duty’ after she was made Dame in the New Years Honours list at the age of 87.   The British icon, who has starred in movies such as Edie and Carry On Cleo as well as the TV series The Rag Trade, will be recognised for … Read more

New Year Honours: Two centenarians lead roll call of national heroes

Two centenarians led a roll call of national heroes in the New Year Honours. Anne Baker, 106, became the oldest person on record to receive an honour, after she dedicated 60 years to charity fundraising. Ruth Saunders, 104, was recognised after she walked a marathon to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.  They … Read more