Mikayla Beames, 18, has been awarded a British Empire Medal after founding Team Mikayla following her cancer diagnosis aged four.

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

Nine-time Paralympic gold medallist Hannah Cockroft is made a CBE and Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson becomes an MBE.

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 ...

Aston Villa ended a hugely successful 2024 with a disappointing 2-2 draw against Brighton as they failed to close the gap on the Premier League’s top four. Villa started the year by reaching a Europa ...

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.

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 rare severe flood warning of “danger to life” has been issued for part of northern Scotland on Hogmanay, as a heavy downpour of rain is expected to burst riverbanks. Aviemore and nearby areas in the ...

Rashford had been left out of the last four United squads after boss Ruben Amorim appeared to question his professionalism.

Clashes erupted last week in several cities across Syria between Assad supporters and the new government, which is led by Islamist rebels.