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

Wales rugby great Gerald Davies admitted he was left “dumbstruck” after being awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours. The 79-year-old former Wales and British and Irish Lions wing has been ...

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 ...

Three Metropolitan Police officers who made light of a serious sexual assault allegation have been given written warnings.

Three Isle of Wight residents are celebrating, having been recognised in the King's New Year Honours list. A former powerboat world record holder, the founder of a renowned shipbuilding firm and a ...

The service said more than 340 calls were waiting to be answered at the time the critical incident was declared on Monday evening.

Liam Delap’s barnstorming display helped Ipswich register a first Premier League home win in 22 years with a memorable 2-0 victory over Chelsea to further damage their faint title prospects.

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency has said. The department ...

Sadly passed peacefully away on 10th December at Broadhurst Care Home, aged 86 years old after a long ilness.There will be a celebration of ...

Tributes have been paid to Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the US presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and ...

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 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 ...