Actor Idris Elba has unveiled a commemorative stone from Mobo at a London college that helped him “dream bigger” as a student. On Friday, Elba, 52, who hails from Hackney, and is most known for his ...

Astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, 81, originally from Lurgan, Co Armagh, who as a doctoral student discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, is to be made a Companion of Honour, and ...

A couple who set up a charity in memory of their daughter who was killed in Afghanistan have dedicated their OBE to women there. John and Lorna Norgrove said they were honoured and surprised to be ...

Tuesday’s jackpot will be an estimated £208 million and would be the largest prize awarded in the UK, National Lottery operator Allwyn said.

Police have come under attack for a fifth consecutive night in Northern Ireland, in what has been dubbed a ‘week of shame’ for the region.

The King's Birthday Honours list celebrates individual outstanding achievements and contributions to British society.

Zaheera Nanabawa said Akeel Nanabawa, his wife Hannaa Vorajee and their four-year-old daughter Sara Nanabawa would be missed ‘tremendously’.

Adjoa Andoh - who grew up in Wickwar - has been made an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours list (Image: PA) Elsewhere, Julie Oakley has been recognised for services to youth mental health and to the ...

Tina Mitchell Skinner - the founder of Thornbury-based Brain Tumour Support - has been named in the King's Birthday Honours 2025. Tina launched the charity in 2003 following the death of her husband, ...

Elsewhere in the sporting world former England football captain David Beckham has been awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, with former Wimbledon tennis champion Virginia Wade and ...