Stephen Sutton among Queen's Birthday Honours
Teenage cancer victim Stephen Sutton has been honoured with an MBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours, just weeks after losing his fight against the disease.
Paralympian Kelly Gallagher named in Queen's Honours
A visually-impaired skier from Northern Ireland who won Great Britain's first Winter Paralympic gold has been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Kelly Gallagher, 29, triumphed in the super giant slalom event at Sochi in March.She and her guide Charlotte Evans become MBEs for services to sport for people with a visual impairment. Gallagher has oculocutaneous albinism, a condition with affects the pigment in her hair, skin and eyes.
The sportswoman from Bangor in County Down started skiing for the first time when she was 17 on a trip to Andorra and began working with Evans, from Kent, in late 2010, just months after finishing fourth in the Giant Slalom at the Vancouver Games with previous guide Claire Robb.
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Stephen Sutton to be awarded an MBE
Stephen Sutton is being awarded an MBE. He died last month and raised millions of pounds for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
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Dame Angelina to 'dedicate life to humanitarian work'
The star landed her damehood for campaigning against war zone sexual violence, but she has been working with the UN for over a decade.
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England women's captain gets birthday honour
England cricket captain, top statistician and night shelter volunteer are all honoured in Queen's birthday list