ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CBE: The Right Reverend Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull. Lately Bishop of Durham and formerly Bishop of Rochester. For services to the Governance of the Church of England and to Regional Affairs. (Sandwich, Kent)

OBE: Anne Fine. Children's laureate. For services to Literature. (Durham)

MBE: Kenneth Brown. Business manager, medical benefits section, International Pension Centre, Department for Work and Pensions. (Consett, Durham); Derek Harrison. Branch secretary, National Association of Retired Police Officers, Durham. For services to the Police. (Durham)

Ann McMaster. For services to the Victims of Domestic Violence through the East Durham Women's Refuge and East Durham Domestic Violence Forum. (Hutton Henry, Durham); Joseph Callander Watson. For services to the community, especially the Willow Burn Hospice in Lanchester, County Durham. (Stanley, Durham)