Joe Wicks has been made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his efforts at keeping kids active in lockdown. The fitness coach, 35, was given the honour for helping inspire people to stay motivated and mentally fit with his online PE lessons, and for his other charity efforts. His YouTube workouts raised … Read more
Doctors, nurses and unsung heroes were honoured yesterday for their part in the fight against Covid. Frontline workers and volunteers won recognition alongside the famous and powerful in a salute to those who tackled the pandemic. The Queen’s birthday honours were postponed from June so the debt of gratitude could be acknowledged. It means NHS … Read more
His legion of fans will say it’s a mystery why he has had to wait for so long. Now David Suchet, 74, best known for playing Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, has seen his distinguished five-decade career on the stage and screen recognised with a knighthood. The actor heads a long line of leading … Read more
Professor Graham Medley Professor Graham Medley, an infectious disease specialist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was one of the first scientists to insist Britons need to change their behaviour to control the virus back in March. Professor Graham Medley, an infectious disease specialist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical … Read more
It’s Dame Emma: Glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 9 October 2020 Honours list: Glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley The boss of drugs giant Glaxosmithkline has been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list … Read more
An ‘ology? No, a damehood: Actress Maureen Lipman is set to become a dame in the Queen’s birthday honours Actress, 74, will reportedly be recognised for her services to art and charity First big break was in film Up The Junction in 1968; has since starred in movie classics Educating Rita and The Pianist; and … Read more
Better than a Paul Hollywood handshake: Former Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry to be ‘made a dame’ in Queen’s Birthday Honours list Mary Berry, 85, was included in ‘bumper’ Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year She was named alongside medics, fundraisers and volunteers involved in Covid The food writer has been awarded damehood … Read more
Hundreds of doctors, nurses and other heroes in the battle against coronavirus will be recognised in a ‘bumper’ honours list to be published next month. People who have made outstanding contributions in the UK’s response to the virus will be rewarded in a special Queen’s Birthday Honours List on October 10. Boris Johnson announced earlier … Read more
Honours committee is planning to remove ‘Empire’ from OBE and MBE after Black Lives Matter movement highlighted links to slavery Black Lives Matter movement reignited debate over the OBE and MBE awards Members of honours committee are considering the removal of word ‘Empire’ Recent protests have highlighted Empire’s association with brutality and slavery By Sophie … Read more
A firm boasted it could win a gong for a celebrity author for £80,000, the Daily Mail reveals. Leaked emails expose a cynical offer to help Barbara Taylor Bradford become a dame by getting direct feedback from ‘the people that matter’. The brazen messages stated: ‘Basically our fee is 80K plus VAT… we bill half … Read more