Football legend “King” Kenny Dalglish has become Sir Kenny as he leads more than 1,000 people receiving gongs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The former Liverpool striker and manager, 67, is knighted for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool. Also honoured are screen stars Emma Thompson and Keira Knightley, ex-University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne and rapper Ms Dynamite. The list is full of hundreds of unsung heroes, from counsellors and a Holocaust survivor to Britain's longest-serving poppy seller. But there are also fatcat bosses of Royal Mail and Network Rail whose gongs are likely to prompt accusations of rewards for failure. Here is the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List in full. Honours in numbers In total, 1,057 people have received an award. Of the total number recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year, 210 have been made an OBE, 392 an MBE, and 318 awarded a BEM. There are always rows over gongs for cronies and … [Read more...] about Queen’s Birthday Honours full list for 2018
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Military archives: Pension files highlight role of women in Irish wars and IRA’s 1922 massacre
A collection of military archives containing more than 4,300 new military service pension files have been released today. Niall Murray reportsRole of women in wars detailed in pension filesThe stories of 600 women’s roles in the War of Independence and Civil War feature in the latest release of military service pension files.The files relate to 1,442 people who took part in the events and are accessible from this morning on the Military Archives website.They form part of the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection (MSPC) project which began a decade ago to make available the records that help piece together events being remembered in the ongoing Decade of Centenaries.The people whose files go online today include 82 who died between 1919 and 1921, whose families were entitled to payments if they could prove their dependence on them.The 603 women whose files are being released bring to nearly 1,500 the number of female applicants whose activities are now detailed at the … [Read more...] about Military archives: Pension files highlight role of women in Irish wars and IRA’s 1922 massacre
Robert Mercer’s Secret Adventure as a New Mexico Cop
Robert Mercer probably would have flown into Roswell. From there—1,800 miles from home—he would’ve traveled south through the high desert plains of southeast New Mexico, flat as a tortilla, past abandoned homesteads and irrigation machines moving in slow circles.His phone reception would’ve gotten spotty when he turned left off Highway 285. He would’ve seen the bare limbs of a pecan orchard and a graveyard decked in plastic flowers. At the town hall in Lake Arthur, population 433, he would’ve met Police Chief William Norwood, the department’s sole full-time employee, a barrel-chested man with two spare rifle magazines on his belt. There, Mercer, the fabulously wealthy computer scientist who helped bankroll the election of President Donald Trump, would’ve reported for duty as a volunteer policeman.If Mercer’s trips to Lake Arthur resembled my recent visit, he might’ve climbed into the passenger seat of Norwood’s police … [Read more...] about Robert Mercer’s Secret Adventure as a New Mexico Cop
General Election 2017: Full list of the candidates in Norfolk and Waveney
Video PUBLISHED: 09:55 08 June 2017 | UPDATED: 09:55 08 June 2017 Voters will go to the polls on Thursday. Here, the general election candidates in Norfolk and Waveney say why you should vote for them. Picture: Matthew Usher. © Archant Norfolk 2015 We asked the general election candidates in Norfolk and Waveney to tell us why you should vote for them today. We also invited them to submit videos outlining their three priorities. This is what they said: General election candidates for Broadland (L-R): Andrew Boswell (Green Party),David Moreland (UKIP), Steve Riley (Liberal Democrat), Iain Simpson (Labour) and Keith Simpson (Conservative) Broadland Andrew Boswell (Green) General election candidates for Great Yarmouth (L-R): Catherine Blaiklock (UKIP), James Joyce (Liberal Democrats), Brandon Lewis (Conservative), Mike Smith-Clare (Labour) and Harry Webb (Green Party). “Broadland people, I meet, know this election goes much wider than who negotiates Brexit with the EU, … [Read more...] about General Election 2017: Full list of the candidates in Norfolk and Waveney
Hot List 2018: the people, places and events that will shape the year ahead
MUSEUM: V&A Dundee Not so very long now. At some point in the second half of 2018 the V&A Dundee will open its doors for the first time, marking the opening of a building designed by Kengo Kuma that has cost in the region of £80m and represents another giant step in Dundee's revival. Kuma's 21st-century ziggurat sits snugly alongside Captain Scott's Discovery and a mere hop, skip and dropped stitch away from the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre. Loading article content When it opens the V&A will shift the cultural heart of the city closer to the River Tay and, who knows, it might even drag a few Glaswegians to Dundee on days when Rangers or Celtic aren't actually playing at Dens Park or Tannadice. (Teddy Jamieson) SPORT: Glasgow 2018 European Championships Remember the buzz when Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games? Prepare to bask in sporting glory again as the city gears up to welcome the European Championships 2018 from August 2-12. The inaugural … [Read more...] about Hot List 2018: the people, places and events that will shape the year ahead