Amongst all the Celeb names in the New Years list I read the following in the BBC article…
‘They include Rizwan Javed, a station assistant on London’s Elizabeth Line, who is awarded an MBE for saving 29 lives. He approaches and talks to people on platforms who are showing signs of taking their lives.’
I welled up a little bit on that one. Blimey, deserves more than an MBE.
I couldn’t find a complete list, but I believe that the Italian Government has bestowed the honorary title of Caesar on Richard.
In Germany, they will give him purple robes and call him Kaiser - I believe that the last person to have that honour was the peerless Kaiser Franz, Herr Beckenbauer himself!
Good for him. Clearly well deserved.
As a Liz and Jubilee line user, i did wonder how these 31 intended to end their lives though? Jumping in front of most of these trains requires some real determination.