Key figures from the UK's Covid vaccine programme, and community volunteers who helped during the pandemic, lead the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Oxford vaccine developer Prof Sarah Gilbert and the former chair of the UK vaccine taskforce Kate Bingham are both recognised with damehoods.

They are joined by TV chef Prue Leith and choreographer Arlene Phillips, while actor Jonathan Pryce is knighted.

Singer Lulu and broadcaster Sue Barker become CBEs, and veteran performer Engelbert Humperdinck is appointed MBE for services to music.

This continues a trend set in both the New Year Honours and the delayed Birthday Honours in October, which is expected to continue "for many rounds to come", according to the Cabinet Office.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the list was a way of paying tribute "to all those who have gone above and beyond in their service to this country".

He said the pandemic had seen "countless examples of everyday heroes", adding: "We should take heart from the stories of those receiving honours today and be inspired by their courage and kindness.

She said it was important to recognise "the large number of people who worked very hard to get this vaccine developed, manufactured, tested in trials...

A knighthood is awarded to Prof Andrew Pollard, professor of paediatric infection at the University of Oxford, for services to public health particularly during Covid-19.

Ian McCubbin, manufacturing expert on the Vaccine Taskforce Steering Committee, Vaccine Taskforce, and Mark Proctor, global supply strategy director at AstraZeneca, are appointed CBE.

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips said her damehood recognised "how important dance is to people", while Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith said being honoured for doing something she loves was "just the icing on the cake".

The wider creative arts are given a spotlight in the latest honours list with writing, sculpture, poetry and pottery getting a nod.

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Former England football team manager Roy Hodgson is appointed CBE, and director of rugby at Leeds Rhinos Kevin Sinfield is appointed OBE for services to Rugby League and charitable fundraising for motor neurone disease.

She is joined on the honours list by Oliver Lewis, a veteran of the Vote Leave campaign who is appointed CBE for political and public service.

From the small screen, Robert Rinder, TV's Judge Rinder, becomes an MBE for services to Holocaust education and awareness - along with his mother, Angela Cohen, who heads a charity set up by Holocaust survivors.

In campaigning against period poverty, she is joined on the list by friends Clegg Bamber and Anna Miles, also appointed MBE for their work on the Red Box Project which has delivered free period products in schools across the country.

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