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 ...

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

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

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