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The New Year Honours were awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and were announced on 30 December 2016. [1] The honours list reflected the United Kingdom's success at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with sports stars dominating the list. [2] [3] [4]
The New Year Honours is a part of the British honours system, with New Year's Day, 1 January, being marked by naming new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours. A number of other Commonwealth realms also mark this day in this way.
2017 New Year Honours (New Zealand) O. 2017 Origins Award winners; P. 2017 Premios Juventud; S. 2017 Sri Lankan national honours; Star Awards for Best Director; 7th ...
In this New Year Honours list seven people are made Companion of the Order of the Bath, while 35 are made either Knight Bachelor or Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Former mayor appointed MBE in New Year Honours 'A huge honour' Sir Andy, who was elected as the West Midlands' first mayor in 2017, said he was only "the front man" for a project to make his ...
In an unusual move, Liz Truss’s resignation honours were published at the same time as the separate New Year Honours, more than 14 months after the end of her tumultuous 49 days as prime ...
The 2017 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2016 and the beginning of 2017. They were announced on 31 December 2016.
A woman who developed a triage tool to improve care for cancer patients has been recognised in the New Year Honours list. ... after she was appointed an MBE in 2013 and OBE in 2017.