OBES

AcronymDefinition
OBESOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (journal)
OBESOffice of Basic Energy Sciences
OBESOrganization of Black Episcopal Seminarians
OBESOakland Builders Education Seminars (Canton, MI)
OBESOrthonormal Basis of an Error Space
OBESOhio Baptist Education Society (Granville, OH)
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Nimco Ali and Dr Leyla Hussein, who have both dedicated their time to campaigning against female genital mutilation (FGM) are made OBEs.
OBE She won an Oscar in February for her role as Queen Anne in movie The Favourite.
Authors Joanna Trollope and Lee Child are made CBEs, while adventurer and television star Bear Grylls, 44, is made an OBE.
International Ski Federation secretary general Sarah Lewis and former Scotland rugby captain Ian McLauchlan will receive OBEs for services to sport.
Sporting stars were also well represented, with former motorsports star John Surtees and footballers Denis Law and Francis Lee receiving CBEs, and two-times Tour de France winner cyclist Chris Froome and snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan handed OBEs.
* No REM occurred during the OBE. This corroborates the insistence of people who say that OBEs are not dreams.
OBEs go to Graeme Garden, 68, and Tim Brooke-Taylor, 70, creators of much-loved madcap 1970s TV series The Goodies with Bill Oddie, 69, who received his OBE in 2003.
The trio used to poke fun at the Government's readiness to hand out OBEs in the 1960s, and Garden joked: "It's quite ironic considering how rude we were about the honours all those years ago." Other broadcasters honoured include BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray, 61, who is made a dame, and BBC Radio 2 DJ "Whispering" Bob Harris, 65, who gets an OBE.
ENGLAND cricket captain Andrew Strauss spoke of his pride after being awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray, 61, was made a dame, and BBC Radio 2 DJ "Whispering" Bob Harris, 65, received an OBE .
SINGER Kylie Minogue, whose battle against breast cancer inspired millions, is awarded an OBE.