The beloved children's writer, known for magical stories including 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'James and the Giant Peach', turned down a knighthood in the 1986 New Year's honours. This ...

A host of famous figures, including several with Irish links, have quietly turned down, returned or publicly rejected New ...

The renowned astrophysicist admitted in 2008 that he'd been offered a knighthood during the 1990s, a more prestigious honour than the CBE he possessed, but declined it. Though his precise motivations ...

Actor Idris Elba, iconic ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean and comedian Meera Syal are among the famous faces to be awarded the top gongs in King Charles III's New Year's Honours.

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One of the most famous TV shows of all time, Friends, is also leaving Netflix after years. Fans are now unable to stream the ...

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President Trump has been talking up tariffs, crediting them for improving American national security and bringing the country ...

It was advertised as “Britain’s answer to The Evil Dead” but the only similarity is that most people who have seen ...

The RSPCA has unveiled the most peculiar animal rescues of 2025 featuring a fox caught in a chair and a puffin swept 110 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida International University researchers have documented the arrival -- and takeover -- of the asian swamp eel in Florida's ...

One of the Trafford Centre's earliest attractions, the Rainforest Café, opened with the shopping centre in 1998. Although it disappeared over twenty years ago, recently people have been sharing their ...