New Year Honours List Revealed
People in Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire are among those to be honoured by the Queen.
The New Year Honours List has been released with people in Yorkshire and Northerm Lincolnshire set to be awarded by the Queen.
North Lincolnshire actress Sheridan Smith is among those set to be honoured.
The Two Pints of Lager star is to receive an OBE for her services to television.
Veteran actor John Hurt who comes from Grimsby and is known for his leading role in films such as The Elephant Man is to receive a knighthood by the Queen.
Meanwhile, other local winners include Professor Barbara English who will receive an MBE for her work protecting the heritage of Beverley over the last 50 years.
She told Viking FM news of the award came as a complete surprise:
"I got a letter about six weeks ago from the Cabinet Office which I'm not used to receiving letters from and I was totally surprised by it but then the rule is that you're not allowed to tell anybody, so I'm now looking to telling my family and I have all my grandchildren coming down this evening.
"I suppose when you get these very official-looking letters, you think you must have done something wrong so I remember opening it very carefully. I'm very proud indeed and humbled because a lot of people do an enourmous amount of good things for their community but not everyone is as lucky to be honoured as I will be."
She told us about the work she's been involved in:
"I came to the town and the first thing I was involved with was saving the Friary, which was going to be knocked down and from then on I got more and more involved in campaigns in the community. I see places, like Beverley Minster, as legacies as we all have to have roots in the past."
Other local winners include Captain Lee Duncan Wildey from The Yorkshire Regiment who is also in line to receive an MBE from the Queen, along with Mark Adrian Hill from The Yorkshire Regiment Army Reserve.
Ms Luana Wai Wai Smith will also get an MBE for services to the community in Hull, particularly the Chinese community.
Kenneth Frederick Brooke will receive a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Charity and to the community in Leconfield in the East Riding.
Mrs Angela Catherine Warneken Gold will be honoured for services to Osteoporosis Research through the Osprey Charity and to the community in Hull.
While Mark Christian Harling, a Physical Education Officer at HM Prison Humber, will be awarded for his commitment to HM Prison Service.
Geoffrey Ogden, a volunteer at Humberside Police will get an MBE for services to the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Mrs Margaret Rose Brennand will also get an MBE for services to Girl Guiding and to the community in Skerne and Driffield.
Charles Spencer. Chairman The Spencer Group is in line to receive an OBE. It's for services to Business and the Economy in the Hull and Humber Region. While Tom Martin, JP, DL will also get an OBE for services to Business and the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire.