New Year honours list rewards terror attack responders

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/28/new-year-honours-list-rewards-terror-attack-responders

New Year honours list rewards terror attack responders

Caroline Davies

Fri 28 Dec 2018 22.30 GMT Last modified on Fri 28 Dec 2018 23.36 GMT

Dozens of emergency service workers have been recognised in a New Year honours list that highlights the extraordinary response to major terrorist incidents in London and Manchester.

Celebrities including the 1960s model Twiggy, who becomes a dame, and the comedian and TV presenter Michael Palin, who is knighted, are also garlanded in the 2019 list alongside the literary giants Margaret Atwood and Philip Pullman.

The Brexiter MP John Redwood and his Tory remain-voting colleague Gary Streeter are both knighted, along with Labour’s deputy chief whip, Alan Campbell. The honour for Redwood prompted accusations that Theresa May is using the honours system to try to smooth the way for her Brexit deal.

Organisers said a particular focus was the emergency response to the 2017 terror attacks, with a total of 43 awards. They include an OBE for Dr Malik Ramadhan, the head of A&E at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, who operated through the night on 12 victims of the London Bridge attack. Receiving the same honour are Paul Woodrow, operations director at London Ambulance Service, who organised care for victims, and Joy Ongcachuy, a theatre nurse at St Bartholomew’s hospital, London.

Colin Kelsey, who led the NHS response to the Manchester Arena suicide bombing, and Peter Boorman, from NHS England, who helped deal with the fallout from the Westminster and London Bridge attacks and Grenfell Tower fire, both receive an OBE. A British Empire Medal has been given to Theresa Lam, family liaison lead for Greater Manchester police.
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