Marcus Rashford today leads a roll call of heroes honoured for their part in the UK's response to coronavirus. The footballer stands with 414 "unsung heroes" who helped the Covid-19 fight in a specially-expanded Queen's Birthday Honours.
Others made 'Covid' MBEs include “The Body Coach” Joe Wicks, 34, whose daily PE classes streamed on YouTube kept children fit during lockdown, and “Mr Motivator” Derrick Evans, 67, who encouraged stay-at-home Britons to exercise.
Rashford - who shamed Boris Johnson into providing free school meals over the summer - said: "As a young black man from Wythenshawe, never did I think I would be accepting an MBE, never mind an MBE at the age of 22. "The fight to protect our most vulnerable children is far from