Actors Joan Collins, James Corden, and Sheridan Smith were among the actors included on the New Year’s Honours List.

There could be as many as 11 million victims of sexual abuse in the UK - constituting a “national health epidemic” – an expert appointed to a government inquiry has said.

The British Home Office is expected to come under fire today when a key report into its handling of child sex abuse allegations is published.

Comedian Paul O’Grady has called for the tradition of sheep-herding over London Bridge for charity to be scrapped.

Michael D Higgins will address the British Houses of Parliament next month on the first state visit by an Irish president to Britain.