The list of people to get accolades from the King in his New Year Honours includes many people who work for their community and charities away from the limelight.
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"I told him I would mention it to some other people and he said to me I wasn't allowed to tell anyone. I thought that sounded a bit suspicious."Man who escaped Nazis honoured for Holocaust education The 96-year-old has spoken to more than 2,000 people in the past two years alone and was one of the first survivors to share his story via Zoom.
He paid tribute to all lifeboat volunteers, adding:"Knowing that there'll be some families together that wouldn't have been because of that contribution makes me proud."Among several others is William"John" Collins, from Kirkcudbright Lifeboat Station, who's been awarded the British Empire Medal after being with the institution since 1991.
Mr Ul-Haq said he was also proud of working with the College of Policing to help improve the representation of women and non-white candidates on the accelerated promotion scheme."I've got friends and family that would quite happily wind me up with something like this," he said."It was about the second or third phone call it actually sank it."Alan Digweed, 48, is perhaps one of the more unusual honourees.
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