County Durham

OBE

Anthony John Durcan. President, Society of Chief Librarians and head, Culture, Libraries and Lifelong Learning, Newcastle City Council. For services to local libraries. (Durham).

Keith Fryer. Formerly head of Centre, Harperley Hall, National Policing Improvement Agency. For services to forensic science. (Bishop Auckland).

Professor Christopher James Rowe.

Professor of Greek, University of Durham. For services to scholarship.

(Durham).

MBE

Veronica Broderick. For voluntary service to animal welfare in County Durham. (Middlesbrough).

Tania Cooper. Managing director, Alexander Technologies Europe Ltd. For services to international trade and to business in the North-East. (Billingham).

Mary Brigid Everett. For services to the community in Ushaw Moor, County Durham. (Durham).

Eric Alwyn Green. For voluntary service to the Air Training Corps in Durham and Northumberland.

(Newcastle).

Iftakhar Hussain. For services to Asian people in Hartlepool. (Hartlepool).

Geoffrey Charles Knupfer. Chief Officer, Durham Special Constabulary.

For services to the Police. (Barnard Castle, Durham).

Margaret Laybourn. Operations manager, Personal Tax, County Durham, HM Revenue and Customs.

(Sunderland).

Neil McNally. Instructional Officer, HM Prison Frankland, County Durham, Ministry of Justice. (Newcastle).

Julie Rudge. For services to the community in Hartlepool. (Hartlepool).

Hugh Thompson. Formerly IT director, Northumbria Police. For services to the Police. (Aykley Heads, Durham).

Councillor (Alderman) Eric Turner.

Member, Derwentside District Council.

For services to local government in County Durham. (Newcastle).

North Yorkshire

John Revill. Valet to The Duke of York.

OBE

Group Capt John Middleton. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. For public and voluntary service. (York).

Pamela Anne Morton. For services to the voluntary sector. (York).

Lt Col Jonathan Charles Price, MBE.

The Yorkshire Regiment.

Peter Anthony Lloyd Roberts. Nursing Officer, Ministry of Defence. (East Cowton, North Yorkshire).

Allan Stewart. Principal, Selby College, North Yorkshire. For services to local and national further education.

(Northallerton).

MBE

Maj Mark William Bower, QGM. The Yorkshire Regiment..

David Bridge. For services to Christian Aid in Scarborough. (Scarborough).

Colin Dale Chitty. Managing director, Cobham Flight Inspection Ltd. For services to the aviation industry.

(Richmond).

George Leonard Cooke. Chairman, Middlesbrough Football Club in the Community. For services to sport.

(Middlesbrough).

Mark Singleton Evans. For services to the community in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. (Scarborough, North Yorkshire).

Petronelle Fowler-Watts. Matron manager, Lister House. For services to the Royal British Legion. (Ripon, North Yorkshire).

Roy Freer. For services to the community in Dunnington, York. (York).

Patricia Gale. North East Regional Programme Leader, Together for Children. For services to children and young people. (Richmond).

Janette Irene Holt. For voluntary service to young people and to the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, North Yorkshire. (Redcar and Cleveland).

Xenophon Kelsey. For services to music. (North Yorkshire).

John Maw. For voluntary service to higher education and to the community in York. (York).

Graham Timothy Naughton. Formerly Detective Constable, British Transport Police. For services to the Police.

(Cleveland).

Sheila Phoenix. Telephony and Systems Administrator, Peterlee Contact Centre, HM Revenue and Customs. For public and voluntary service.

(Middlesbrough).

Lt Col Nicholas John Rynn. The Yorkshire Regiment.

David John Tymon. Spacetrack leader, Serco. For services to science.

(Scarborough, North Yorkshire).

Melvin John Walton. Caretaker, Norton College, North Yorkshire. For services to education. (Malton, North Yorkshire).

Stephen Douglas Wareing. Constable, British Transport Police. For services to the Police. (Selby, North Yorkshire).

Tyne and Wear

CBE

Ian Shott. For services to the chemical engineering industry. (Newcaste).

John Robert Walker. Formerly chief executive, English Partnerships. For services to regeneration. (Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside).

OBE

Trevor Halliday Shears. For charitable services in the North-East. (Newcastle).

George David Thompson. Business Development director, BVT Surface Fleet Ltd. For services to the shipbuilding industry. (Sunderland).

MBE

Raymond Foster Anderson. For services to business and to the community in Newcastle. (Newcastle).

Shelagh Margaret Forbes. Officer, Customer Operations, Tyne and Wear, HM Revenue and Customs. For public and voluntary service. (Tyne and Wear).

William James Graham. Formerly Medical Engineering Technician, North-East Ambulance Service NHS Trust. For services to healthcare. (Tyne and Wear).

Robert MacLeod. Managing director, Assessment North-East. For services to Investors in People and to international trade. (Newcastle).

Bernard McGill. For services to lifelong learning and to trade unions in the North East. (Newcastle).

Charles John Parker. For services to the community in Gosforth, Newcastle.

(Newcastle).

David Peacock. For voluntary service to Whickham Community Garden, Tyne and Wear. (Gateshead).

The Rev Canon Stephen Taylor. For services to the community in Sunderland. (Sunderland).

QUEEN’S FIRE SERVICE MEDAL

Ian Goodman. Firefighter, Cleveland Fire Brigade.

Northumberland

OBE

Margaret Anderson. Headteacher, Sele First School, Hexham, Northumberland.

For services to education. (Hexham) David George Hovenden Stewart.

Chairman, North-East Rural Affairs Forum. For services to the environment.

(Allendale).

MBE

Pamela Lawrence. Formerly chief executive, The Edward Lloyd Trust. For services to people with learning disabilities. (Northumberland).

Keda Norman. For services to young people in Hexham, Northumberland (Hexham).