The New Years Honours List for 2026 has been released. Idris Elba and ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean lead the list while England's victorious women's football and rugby teams are also ...

Actor Idris Elba and Olympic ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean headline the New Year Honours list, also ...

Hackney-born actor Idris Elba is among those honoured, having recieved a knighthood in recognition of his service to young ...

Full list of people to receive a Knighthood, MBE, OBE CBE or other title - A full list of all those being recognised in the ...

A teacher with a fetish “for girls in skirts and tights” who told pupils how he masturbated, and used study sessions to discuss kinks has been banned from the profession. Thomas Munro was the head of ...

A group of students in York are tackling environmental waste with a creative solution. Sixth-formers from Ripon Grammar School have launched a business designing reusable fabric gift wrap, inspired by ...

They call Brian Sexton’s grandson the “talking calculator”. He is only nine years old, but his family takes it in turns to ...

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Kent’s only Wendy’s restaurant has been shut down overnight. The American fast food diner in Week Street, Maidstone, has only been open three years, and was the first one in the county amid its rapid ...

Actor and campaigner Idris Elba has been knighted, while Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Matt Lucas, Richard Osman and ...

Nearly 1,200 inspirational people from across the UK have been recognised in the King's New Year Honours list for 2026. The ...