Buck House here we come

News presenter Jackie leads a host of Scots honoured by the King | Sports heroes Hansen and Scott, and M15 chief also awarded gongs

- MARK MCGIVERN

BROADCASTER and presenter Jackie Bird, Scotland legend Alan Hansen and Olympic swimming hero Duncan Scott are among Scots honoured by the King in his New Year Honours.

The Scots head of MI5 Ken McCallum has also been knighted and artist Barbara Rae has been made a dame in some of the highest awards given to Scots in this year's honours.

Journalist Jackie, who was the face of BBC Scotland News for three decades, is being recognised with an MBE for services to broadcasting and charities.

The 62-year-old has been presenting BBC Scotland's Children in Need show for years and has been the president of the National Trust for Scotland since 2019.

She said: "I'm thrilled, absolutely surprised and thrilled. My first thought was, 'I can take my mum and dad to Buckingham Palace."

Scotland's most decorated Olympian, Duncan Scott, from Stirling, becomes an OBE for services to swimming.

He has eight Olympic medals following this year's Games, where he claimed his eighth medal by taking silver in the men's 200 metres individual medley final in Paris, following his gold in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay.

He already had a gold and five silvers from the Rio and Tokyo Olympics.

Alan Hansen is being made an MBE for services to football and to broadcasting. He played football for Partick Thistle and Liverpool before retiring and becoming a TV pundit.

He was born in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, on June 13, 1955.

Also honoured for services to the sport is manager David Moyes, from Glasgow, who is made an OBE.