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Batteries thrown into household waste also cause hundreds of

"I want to see rugby league given the recognition it deserves and hope this will be addressed in the near future," said the Speaker.In contrast, rugby union, often seen as having more middle class roots, has been getting knighthoods for more than 100 years. Among more recent rugby knights was Sir Bill Beaumont, awarded "for services to rugby union football" in 2018.

There have been many other sporting knighthoods and damehoods, including in athletics, yachting, football, golf, tennis, horse racing, cycling and rowing.Next weekend will see the sport's showcase Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.And speaking on behalf of the MPs' rugby league group, Mr Baines said the lack of such an honour for rugby league was an unfairness to "some of Britain's greatest sporting heroes".

That included "legends of the game who overcame racial and class prejudice such as Billy Boston and Clive Sullivan, to modern heroes on and off the pitch like Kevin Sinfield," said Mr Baines.has raised more than £10m running for causes related to motor neurone disease, in memory of his late teammate Rob Burrow.

was a celebrated Welsh-born rugby league player from the 1950s and 1960s, who is now aged 90. A petition was launched earlier this year to award him a knighthood.

"We do believe rugby league has historically been poorly treated in terms of recognition in various ways, including honours lists," said a spokesman for the Rugby Football League.Usually the palace releases records listing the official gifts received by members of the royal family annually, however due to delays caused by the Covid pandemic, death of Elizabeth II and the coronation this is the first time a list has been published in the King's reign.

every week with our Royal Watch newsletter. Those outside the UK canMore than 1,100 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel on Saturday, the highest number recorded on a single day so far in 2025.

The latest Home Office figures showed 1,194 people arrived in 18 small boats.On Sky News' Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Defence Secretary John Healey said Britain had "lost control of its borders over the last five years".