New Year Honours were granted in the United Kingdom and New Zealand at the start of 2005.
Among these in the UK were knighthoods awarded to Mike Tomlinson, the educationalist; Derek Wanless, who led a review of the National Health Service; and Brian Harrison, editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
The former athlete Kelly Holmes was made a Dame.
The television presenter Alan Whicker was awarded a CBE.
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