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NC Author James MacMillan was amongst the Scottish role of honour But the list of Scots recipients includes less-well-known individuals such as a leading cancer campaigner and a musical impressario. Mr Campbell is to be presented with an OBE for his services to children. |
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Commenting on his knighthood, the composer, known for his outspoken views as well as his many musical accomplishments, said: "I am totally delighted to receive this honour. "I am especially pleased that the world of music, and contemporary composition in particular, will receive greater focus and recognition as a result. |
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BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL. BEM. Gordon Lewis Aikman . For services to Motor Neurone Disease Awareness and Research. (Edinburgh) Miss Regina Allanah . For voluntary service to the community in the London Borough of Haringey. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) Ms Iris Anderson . For services to Diversity in Government. |
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Gordon Aikman, Nicky Campbell and James MacMillan are among those to have been honoured. Scots from all walks of life have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. They include composer James MacMillan, who is to be knighted, while children's author Aileen Paterson is awarded an MBE. |
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Solid Rock Church of the Nazarene will host its Second Annual Youth Conference beginning June 17 19, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. nightly under the theme, "And the walls came tumbling down." Spiritual strongholds affecting the lives and positive progression of the youth of Grand Bahama will be defeated by the word of Christ, revealed Rev. |
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Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks to reporters, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Longtime climate change skeptic Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Thursday that Pope Francis on the subject. |
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As members of the media practitioners in Grenada embarked on the annual week of activities, in commemoration of Media week 2015 under the theme “Let Journalism Thrive! Working together with other mediums for greater development of the profession”, practitioners are called upon to be mindful of the.... |
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They include discredited fossil fuel-funded scientist Willie Soon; Marc Morano, executive editor of the denial website ClimateDepot.com and one of the main subjects of the documentary Merchants of Doubt; and two congressmen, including the infamous, snowball-throwing chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, James Inhofe. |
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As Channel 2 weather anchor Kevin O’Connell cooked hot dogs in North Tonawanda last weekend at one of the more than 100 annual community events he attends, his cellphone repeatedly went off. The callers interrupting the Meals on Wheels event in North Tonawanda had read the newspaper and wanted to congratulate him on his ȁ#x201c;retirement. |
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An opponent of same-sex marriage stands outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, Feb. 9, 2015. Reuters/Marvin Gentry.
A group of Christian pastors has begun an online campaign to resist performing gay marriage ceremonies, regardless of the imminent Supreme Court decision.... |
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Professor Hunt, who holds other posts, has apologised for causing offence after suggesting that female scientists could not take criticism without crying, and that relationships between men and women in the laboratory disrupted work. The 72-year-old yesterday said his comments, made at a lunch for.... |
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