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Hundreds of people are being recognised for their services to the country in this year’s New Year Honours.
Here are just some of the people who earned a gong this year.
Sir Gareth Southgate is knighted for services to association football after leading England to the finals of the Euros in 2020 and 2024.
Sir Stephen Fry also receives a knighthood in recognition for his services to mental health awareness, the environment and charity.
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been honoured by being knighted for political and public service, having held his role since 2016.
Beloved author Jacqueline Wilson, who created the Tracy Beaker series, has been made a Dame Grand Cross (GBE) for services to literature.
Television presenter Alan Titchmarsh becomes a CBE while Scottish journalist Jackie Bird is made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is made a Companion of Honour for services to literature while author Robert Harris becomes a CBE.
Lee Castleton, Josephine Hamilton, Christopher David Head, Dr Kay Catherine Sheila Hilary Linnell, Seema Misra, Richard Gresham Haley all receive honours for their work on behalf of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters following the Horizon scandal.
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Keely Hodgkinson celebrates after winning the women’s 800-meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Pic: AP
In sport, twenty-two-year-old Keely Hodgkinson earns an MBE after claiming gold in the 800m at the Olympics and becoming the sixth fastest woman in history at the distance.
Two-time Olympic champion Tom Pidcock is made an OBE after winning gold in mountain biking, while Paralympian Hannah Cockroft becomes a CBE after
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