Collins top of honour roll call

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

Other prominent figures honoured this year are Esther Rantzen, actors John Hurt, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Emily Watson, comedian Meera Syal, novelist Ali Smith, poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and designer Mary Quant.

From the world of sport, former athletes Steve Cram and Mary Peters and Hillsborough campaigners Margaret Aspinall and Trevor Hicks are among those recognised, along with 103-year-old marathon runner Fauja Singh.