HERE'S a look at those based in the North Yorkshire, County Durham and Tyne and Wear areas, who will be receiving honours from the Queen this New Year.

TYNE & WEAR: 

Knights Bachelor

Andrew William Graham Wylie, CBE. Chair and Founder, Technology Services Group. For services to Business and to Charity.

Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Paul Anthony Smith. Co-founder and chief executive Officer Ricochet. For services to Technology in Newcastle upon Tyne.

David Willis. Formerly Senior Finance Business Partner Child Support Agency. For services to Public Finance.

Member Of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire​ (MBE)

Timothy John Hutchinson. For voluntary services to Football on North Tyneside.

Hugh McInnes Steele. Formerly Headteacher The Dales Special School, Northumberland. For services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Gina Alison Tiller. Formerly Chair North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare in Cumbria.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Rayburn Bainbridge. Volunteer Cricketeer ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. For services to Sport.

Peter Thomas Craig. For services to the community in Whickham Newcastle upon Tyne.

Angela Elizabeth Forster. Service manager Community Hubs, Libraries and Parks, Newcastle City Council. For services to Public Libraries.

Jacqueline Thompson. ICT Learning Officer Gateshead Council. For services to Public Libraries.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:

Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Julia Unwin, CBE. For services to Civil Society.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Thomas Messenger Riordan. Chief executive Leeds City Council. For services to Local Government.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Angela Margaret Knowles. Honorary president and Fundraiser Bloodwise. For services to Blood Cancer Research.

Rebecca Ingrid Rogerson. Director My Sisters Place and Wearside Women in Need. For services to Victims of Domestic Violence.

Peter George Sowray. For services to the community in North Yorkshire.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Pauline Janet Burns. For services to the community in Knottlingley. West Yorkshire.

Richard Frank Elam. Director Evora Construction. For services to Business and to the community in York.

Wolfgang Marc Schatzberger. For services to Holocaust Education and Awareness.

Christine Stewart. For services to the community in Starbeck North Yorkshire.

Queens Police Medal (QPM)

Angelina Lesley Carey. Formerly Detective Sergeant North Yorkshire Police.

COUNTY DURHAM:

Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Gabrielle Lee. Governor HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Low Newton. For services to Prisoners and Their Families.

John O'Neill. Regional director Witherslack Group. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Benjamin Stokes. For services to Cricket.

Barbara Anne Vest. Special Advisor Energy UK. For services to the Energy Industry.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Adam Ronald Hogg. For charitable and political services.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Janice Ross. For services to small and medium-sized enterprises and to the community in North East England.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Jeffrey Baker. For services to the community in Consett County Durham.

Harold Joseph Binyon. Volunteer. For services to the Fire Fighters' Charity and to Crook Athletics Club County Durham.

Valerie Cadd. Chair of Governors St John's CE Academy. Darlington and Leader and commissioner, Girlguiding UK. For services to Education.