Coronavirus volunteers, scientists and politicians are among the Scots named in the New Year Honours list.
Long-serving former Labour MP Tom Clarke is one of two Scots to be awarded a knighthood, along with Stirling University’s vice chancellor, Professor Francis Gerard McCormac.
The former Coatbridge MP, who was appointed film and tourism minister in Tony Blair’s first Cabinet, served in Parliament between 1982 and 2015.
He has been made a knight for his public and political service, while Professor McCormac received his knighthood for services to education and the economy.
University of Stirling Principal Gerry McCormac (left) has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list (University of Stirling/PA)
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A physiotherapist who worked at Roxburghe House for 30 years has received an MBE in the New Year Honours list for her services to end of life care.
Rosemary Brewster, who retired in March 2020, dedicated her career to improving the quality of life of palliative patients in Tayside. She helped them to become more mobile and self-manage their symptoms.
Rosemary had qualified as a physiotherapist in 1976, starting her career at Basingstoke Hospital in Hampshire. She then moved back home to Scotland in 1981 where she began working in Bridge of Earn, before moving to Perth Royal Infirmary.