Ally McCoist among Scots recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

Ally McCoist among Scots recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

Former Rangers and Scotland participant and now pundit McCoist is made an OBE for companies to affiliation soccer and broadcasting.

The Thick Of It creator Iannucci turns into a CBE for companies to movie and tv.

He stated he was “delighted” in regards to the award and takes it as a sign to maintain defending public broadcasters from “assaults on independence and funding”.


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Ally McCoist (Picture: PA)

Gordon Brown turns into a Companion of Honour for public and charitable companies within the UK and overseas.

The honour recognises vital contributions to the humanities, science, drugs or authorities over a protracted time frame and is proscribed to only 65 individuals at anyone time.

Mr Brown instructed the PA information company: “I really feel barely embarrassed as the chance to serve is an honour in itself and my choice has all the time been to recognise all these good, unsung, native heroes who quietly and selflessly give their time to contribute to the vitality of our communities.

“I need to thank those that put my identify ahead and thank too my household and all who’ve labored with me over the past 50 years in public life, to whom I owe the whole lot.”

Armando Iannucci (Picture: PA)
 

Dr Ann Moulds, trustee and founding father of Motion In opposition to Stalking and a former Glasgow Instances Scotswoman of the 12 months, turns into a CBE for companies to victims of stalking. 

A volunteer who helped restore the world’s final seagoing paddle steamer the PS Waverley has additionally been honoured.

John Beveridge, 71, has been made an MBE for companies to paddle steamer preservation and charity.

He stated: “The honour is for work I did on Maid of the Loch, which was a wreck and sinking within the Nineteen Nineties. I helped save the Waverley again in 1974 when she was given to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society for £1.

“The Waverley is greater than 70 years previous, it’s an excellent advert for Scotland. It’s been 25 years I’ve been concerned in Maid of the Loch and volunteers are nonetheless serving to to revive it. The goal is that she’s going to sail once more on Loch Lomond, hopefully certainly one of lately.”


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Dr Ann Moulds (Picture: UWS/ Archive)

There’s a knighthood for historian Professor Sir Niall Ferguson, who first got here to the eye of many within the UK with the hit 2003 Channel 4 collection Empire: How Britain Made The Fashionable World, and a best-selling ebook of the identical identify.

The Glasgow-born educational, who has written 16 books, instructed PA: “When a person is honoured by the King, implicitly his formative influences are the actual recipients of the honour.

“Something I’ve achieved is in fact the achievement of my grandparents; my mother and father, Molly and Campbell; my faculty, the Glasgow Academy; my school, Magdalen, Oxford; and all of the relations, academics, mentors and mates who inspired and supported me.”

Golfers Stephen Gallacher turns into an MBE and Sandy Lyle turns into an OBE for companies to golf.

Jane Spiers, chairwoman of the Nationwide Theatre of Scotland, is made an OBE for companies to tradition in Scotland.

In a profession within the arts spanning greater than 40 years, she has been a producer, programmer, pageant director, occasion supervisor and cultural coverage adviser.

Gordon Brown (Picture: PA)

A grandmother who spent years serving to Holocaust survivors earlier than retiring aged 81 has stated she is “delighted” to be recognised.

Myrna Bernard, from East Renfrewshire, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for companies to the Jewish group and to the disabled in Scotland.

Describing her response to information of the award, she stated: “It was a shock, it was a shock, I’m very touched and simply amazed and I’m delighted. It was very good.”

Syed Nasir Jaffri receives an MBE for companies to integration in Glasgow and Maureen Ferrie receives an MBE for companies to individuals dwelling with a incapacity within the metropolis. 

Tony Chalk, from Renfrewshire, receives an MBE for his companies to the police because the pressure’s Head of Fleet. 

The King’s Hearth Service Medal can be awarded to Ross Haggart, chief officer of the Scottish Hearth and Rescue Service (SFRS). 

Liam Coughlan, head of Programmes & Enabling Know-how Supervisor on the Scottish Ambulance Service will obtain The King’s Ambulance Service Medal.

First Minister John Swinney stated: “These receiving recognition in The King’s Birthday Honours have every made excellent contributions to group and public life, via the humanities, training and sport to enterprise, charity, group life and science.

“I’m more than happy to supply them my congratulations. Their dedication and dedication makes Scotland a greater place for us all.

“The individuals who have been awarded The King’s Police, Hearth or Ambulance Service Medals have proven distinctive dedication and resilience in serving our communities and retaining us secure.

“They deserve our honest appreciation and thanks for the sterling work they do.”

Honours are introduced twice yearly, in June on the Monarch’s official birthday, and at New 12 months.