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• Author and TV host Richard Osman ‘absolutely thrilled’ to be made OBE

  29-12-2025 23:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  The game show host was recognised for services to literature and broadcasting.
  
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• MBE ‘the icing on top of my radio cake’, says broadcaster

  29-12-2025 23:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Helen Mark started working with the BBC at Radio Foyle in 1987, and has since presented a range of programmes.
  
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• Idris Elba, Sarina Wiegman and Torvill and Dean lead New Year's Honours list

  29-12-2025 23:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The stars are among a host of people recognised for their services in the annual list
  
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• Vice-chancellor says CBE highlights success of Ulster University

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Paul Bartholomew said the honour is ‘a great privilege’.
  
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• Ulster University professor made OBE delighted that hard work recognised

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor of personalised medicine Tara Moore has been honoured for her work into DNA research.
  
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• Two senior Stormont civil servants recognised in honours list

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Colum Boyle and Ronnie Armour have been recognised for their public service.
  
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• To MBE, to you: Honour a ‘wonderful shock’ for Chuckle Brother Paul Elliott

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  He has been an official ambassador for the end-of-life charity Marie Curie since October 2016.
  
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• Stormont Castle security guard shocked at MBE honour for doing job she loves

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth Hamilton’s security career stretches back to working as a civilian searcher in Belfast city centre.
  
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• Scotland’s top police officer ‘honoured and grateful’ at honour

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two other current and former senior officers in Scotland will receive the King’s Police Medal.
  
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• Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan among those from NI recognised in honours list

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  A host of people have been recognised, including academics and civil servants.
  
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• ‘Oldest’ Horizon victim made OBE says she will wear it in honour of victims

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Betty Brown, 92, from County Durham, is honoured for services to justice.
  
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• Northern Ireland’s chief nursing officer made OBE

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Maria McIlgorm was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to nursing and midwifery.
  
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• Northern Ireland health leaders honoured to mark decades of service

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Julie Erskine, former chair of the Business Services Organisation, has been made an MBE.
  
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• New Years honours 2026: Full list of people to receive a Knighthood, MBE, OBE CBE or other title

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  A full list of all those being recognised in the King’s New Years Honours
  
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• National Trust director general delighted at being made a CBE

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hilary McGrady, originally from Lisburn in Northern Ireland, becomes a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to heritage.
  
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• Mother made MBE for online safety campaign after death of teenage son

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ellen Roome’s 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney took his own life in 2022.
  
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• Luther actor Idris Elba knighted for helping young people avoid violence

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The 53-year-old actor has long campaigned to end knife crime and help youths find an alternative to violence.
  
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• Knighthood and damehood a ‘perfect’ end to skating career for Torvill and Dean

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  The pair described the honours as ‘wonderful and humbling’.
  
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• Idris Elba, Torvill and Dean, Lionesses and Red Roses lead honours list

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Idris is knighted for services to young people and Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher are recognised for services to ice skating and volunteering.
  
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• Head of Botanic Garden says knighthood is an ‘immense honour’

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  For the past 12 years Simon Milne has had the title of Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
  
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• Harry Potter and Star Wars actor Warwick Davis made an OBE in New Year Honours

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Davis got his first break in Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi at the age of just 11.
  
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• D-Day veteran awarded British Empire Medal says Britain today is ‘disappointing’

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Mervyn Kersh, 101, from Cockfosters, north London, is being honoured for his school talks on Holocaust remembrance and his wartime service.
  
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• Crime-solving forensic scientist ‘humbled’ by damehood

  29-12-2025 23:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Professor Lorna Dawson is head of the Centre for Forensic Soil Science at the James Hutton Institute.
  
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• Government reviews 'information failures' amid row over activist's vile tweets

  29-12-2025 22:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Calls are growing for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to be stripped of citizenship after ‘abhorrent’tweets calling for violence towards Zionists and the police
  
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• Popular north London Irish pub shuts its doors after 32 years

  29-12-2025 21:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The well-loved establishment shut for good between Christmas and New Year
  
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• Police arrest 16-year-old sought after downtown London gunfire - London Free Press

  29-12-2025 21:12
  Police arrest 16-year-old sought after downtown London gunfire  London Free Press
  
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• Cooper orders Foreign Office review of ‘serious failures’ in El-Fattah case

  29-12-2025 20:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware.
  
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• Primrose Hill in London closed for New Year's Eve - BBC

  29-12-2025 20:34
  Primrose Hill in London closed for New Year's Eve  BBC
  
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• Celeb hairdresser bans Labour MPs from his west London salon in protest over Budget

  29-12-2025 20:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Michael Van Clarke has joined hundreds of other businesses in the protest
  
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• 'HMS Belfast visit led to my long-lost grandfather'

  29-12-2025 20:12 via bbc.com
  A visit to HMS Belfast led one man to discover that his long-lost grandfather served on the ship.
  
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• I quit Google and ended my path to a US green card to cofound a startup in London. It's a huge risk, but I want to live an exciting life. - Business Insider

  29-12-2025 20:06
  I quit Google and ended my path to a US green card to cofound a startup in London. It's a huge risk, but I want to live an exciting life.  Business Insider
  
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• Close adviser to Harry and Meghan quits job to return to UK

  29-12-2025 19:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  James Holt worked as the executive director at Archewell Foundation, Harry and Meghan’s charity, for nearly five years.
  
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• Met Police issue travel warning ahead of New Year’s Eve in London

  29-12-2025 18:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The police force has urged people not to travel to two key areas
  
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• Primrose Hill closed on NYE after parks police scrapped in cost-cutting measure

  29-12-2025 18:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  People have been warned not to go to Primrose Hill to watch the fireworks as the gates will be locked from 8pm on Tuesday until 6am on Thursday.
  
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• Fashion designer and two children die in Boxing Day house fire

  29-12-2025 17:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fionnghuala Shearman, known as Nu, died alongside her children, Eve, aged seven, and four-year-old son Ohner.
  
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• London New Year's Eve fireworks: What weather to expect

  29-12-2025 17:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  As London prepares for its New Year's Eve celebrations, the latest weather forecast looks promising
  
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• Another London council ‘considering bringing in double council tax for second homes'

  29-12-2025 17:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The west London authority has just applied for emergency funding from the government
  
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• Who is Alaa Abd El-Fattah? The British-Egyptian activist facing calls to be stripped of citizenship

  29-12-2025 16:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  The freed Egyptian dissident is at the centre of a row over past social media posts
  
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• Mobile stroke units ‘could cut emergency admissions in Scotland by 86%’ – study

  29-12-2025 16:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  A research team from Scotland, England and Germany analysed data comparing outcomes for patients when an MSU responded to a 999 call.
  
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• 12 Major Changes Coming to London Transport in 2026 - Time Out Worldwide

  29-12-2025 16:13
  12 Major Changes Coming to London Transport in 2026  Time Out Worldwide
  
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• Climate disasters of 2025: From Hurricane Melissa to Los Angeles wildfires

  29-12-2025 15:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have been impacted by extreme weather and climate disasters in 2025
  
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• Remaining hotspots extinguished at scene of house fire that killed teenage girl

  29-12-2025 15:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two fire engines and a technical rescue unit were still in attendance at the scene in the village of Hamstreet, in Ashford.
  
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• Dark energy: What is it and could the universe really collapse?

  29-12-2025 15:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Studies suggest that the universe's expansion is decelerating — but what could that mean for the future of the cosmos?
  
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• Peace in Ukraine cannot be at any cost, says Swinney

  29-12-2025 15:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Talks on a peace deal took place between presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in the US over the weekend.
  
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• Plane crashes in Essex nature reserve days after Christmas

  29-12-2025 15:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  An investigation has been launched by Essex Police
  
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• Anthony Joshua injured in car crash as two people killed

  29-12-2025 15:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Incident happened in Nigeria as boxer’s Lexus Jeep crashed into a stationary truck
  
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• In Pictures: The changing seasons during 2025

  29-12-2025 14:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Storms bookended a year that provided its usual spectacle of changing colours.
  
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• No 10 defends approach to Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s case amid calls for deportation

  29-12-2025 14:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  The activist, recently released after years of detention in Egypt, wrote tweets which appeared to show him calling for violence against Zionists.
  
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• More than 700,000 disability benefits claimants transferred to devolved agency

  29-12-2025 14:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Social Security Scotland now provides the vast majority of the payments north of the border.
  
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• Mother and her two children killed in tragic Boxing Day fire at house in Brimscombe Hill

  29-12-2025 14:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Father of two children tried desperately to save them and his wife but was beaten back by the flames
  
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