The singer, 89, said she was 'truly humbled' by the letters she had received during her 70-year career. Source link

A man who stalked former Conservative leadership candidate Dame Penny Mordaunt has been sentenced to 20 weeks in jail.Edward Brandt, 61, sent multiple emails and phone messages to Dame ...

PA MediaJane Torvill has been made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire Jayne Torvill, one half of ice-skating duo Torvill and Dean, has been made a ...

Victoria GillScience correspondentWatch: Jane Goodall tells BBC how she became interested in animalsShe was a serene force of nature. And she never waivered in her mission to help the ...

PA/James BrownAn artist's impression issued by the University of Portsmouth of an Istiorachis macarthuraeA new species of dinosaur that had an "eye-catching sail" along its back has been named ...

Getty ImagesDame Helen Mirren has said James Bond should be played by a man, even though she is "such a feminist".In a new interview with Saga Magazine, the Oscar-winning ...

The first female professor of medicine in Britain and Ireland, from County Antrim, has been recognised with an Ulster History Circle blue plaque. The pioneering Dame Louise McIlroy was ...

Dame Katherine Grainger has become the first female chair of the British Olympic Association in its 119-year history.The rowing champion said it was a "huge honour" to take on ...

APDame Maggie Smith, star of the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89.She made her acting debut in 1952 and was still working ...

The Woodland TrustDame Judi Dench is an ambassador and patron for the Woodland TrustDame Judi Dench has called for trees that would be felled to make way for Ripon ...