Durham

CBE: Professor William James Feast. Emeritus Professor, Durham University. Services to polymer chemistry (High Shincliffe).

OBE: Mary Rosamund Briggs. Chief executive, Seven Stories centre. Services to literature (Edmundbyers).

OBE: David John Heaton. Principal, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Darlington. Services to education.

OBE: Alan John Smith. Founder and managing partner, Red Box Design Group. Services to architecture (Durham).

OBE: Edna Margaret Telfer, formerly of Durham. Founder, Bristol Drugs Project.

OBE: Alex Watson. Leader, Derwentside District Council.

MBE: Linda Ayre. Manager, Tow Law Childrens' Home. Services to children (Crook).

MBE: Michael Gerrard Martin Brennan. Head of learning development, Queen Mary University of London. Services to education (Barnard Castle).

MBE: John Clifford Culine. Services to the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain and to the community in Spennymoor.

MBE: Jean Smith Dixon. Services to disabled people in Easington (Hanwell).

MBE: Patricia Gordon. Officer, National Insurance Contributions Office (Chester-le-Street).

MBE: Ronald Lamb. Services to Durham (Peterlee).

MBE: David Maughan. Services to farming.

MBE: Dr Euan James Ferguson Ross. Formerly administrator, chemistry department, Durham University. Services to education (Durham).

MBE: Josephine Vary. Senior youth and community learning worker, Young Women's Outreach Project, Gateshead. Services to young people (Stanley).

MBE: Ann Denise White. Chairwoman, Charities Committee (Durham).

MBE: Janice Margaret Worters. Chief officer, Voluntary Organisations Development Agency and chairwoman, North Tyneside Strategic Partnership. (Shotley Bridge).

QPM: Thomas Jonathan Stoddart. Acting chief constable, Durham Police.

North Yorkshire

OBE: Professor William John Gillespie, TD. Formerly Foundation Dean, Hull York Medical School. Services to medicine (York).

OBE: Rodney Gerald Yorke Slatford. Founder, The Yorke Trust. Services to music (South Creake).

MBE: Linda Arrowsmith. Ministerial briefing manager, Department of Health (Fairburn).

MBE: Stephen Frank Clarke. Non-executive director, Accent Group Ltd. Services to financial services industry (Harrogate).

MBE: Major Andrew Stuart Garner. The Yorkshire Regiment.

MBE: Roger Mason Ingham. Services to sport (Skipton).

MBE: David Anthony Welton Joy. Services to the environment (Skipton).

MBE: Sallie Loretta Lockwood. Services to community in Carlton.

MBE: Eileen Roscoe. Youth team manager, Lancashire Learning and Skills Council. (Skipton).

MBE: Henry Rumbold. Services to conservation and to Ripon.

MBE: David Sanderson. Chief executive, Derwent Training Association. Services to young people (York).

MBE: Edith Hazel Ward. Founder, Take Heart Support Group. For charitable services (York).

MBE: Robert John Frank Watson. Founder, Sobriety Boating Project for ex-offenders. Services to young people (York).

Teesside

MBE: June Goodchild. Services to Easterside, Middlesbrough.

MBE: Patricia Jean Hutchison. Senior officer, Child Trust Fund Office (Hartlepool).

MBE: Dr Iftikhar Ahmed Lone, JP. GP. Services to health (Middlesbrough).

MBE: Jean Oliver. Vice-chairwoman, Parkfield and Mill Lane Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Board. Services to Stockton.

MBE: Barry Vernon. Senior physical education officer, Kirklevington Grange Prison, Yarm (Stockton).

Tyne and Wear

CBE: Michael Francis Henry. Gateshead Council leader. Services to local government.

OBE: Professor Richard Nigel Bailey. Former chairman, Heritage Lottery Fund's North-East Committee (Newcastle).

OBE: Ann Edith Darling, JP, DL. Services to justice and the community in Tyneside (Sunderland).

OBE: Donald Malcolm Dempsey. Director of ESFVON. Services to voluntary and community groups (Newcastle).

OBE: Carol Wolstenholme. Formerly leadership development manager, The Pension Service (Newcastle).

MBE: Gladys Chilton. Services to Sunderland.

MBE: Carl Robert Eddy. Administrative assistant, Revenue and Customs (Crawcrook).

MBE: Dr Alan William Lillington, DL. Services to Sunderland.

MBE: Mary Potts. Services to Sunderland.

MBE: Philip William Russell. Workers' Safety Advisor Challenge Fund. Services to construction industry. (North Shields).

MBE: Lt Cdr Victor William Spong. Royal Naval Reserve (Retired). Services to the Sea Cadet Corps in Newcastle.

MBE: Reta Hodge Tweddle. Services to Rowlands Gill