The Queen's New Year Honours list has been announced, and plenty of names from across Sussex feature.
Thirteen were named overall - and congrats from V2 Radio to all of them!
Countess Sally Jean De la Bedoyere. Lately Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross. For services to Animal Welfare. (Horsham, West Sussex)
Russell Keith Hobby. Lately General Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers, West Sussex. For services to Education. (London, Greater London)
Leslie William Brotherston. Theatrical Designer. For services to Dance and Theatre. (Nutbourne, West Sussex)
Jeremy Michael Dyer Field. For services to the Funeral Industry. (West Hoathly, West Sussex)
Professor Ann Sutton MBE. For services to the Arts. (Arundel, West Sussex)
Jayne Elizabeth Aldridge. Director for the Student Experience, University of Sussex and lately Chair, AMOSSHE. For services to Students in Higher Education. (Horsham, West Sussex)
Sharon Louise Davies. Vice President, Regulatory and Public Affairs, DHL Express Europe. For services to Logistics. (Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex)
Heather Drysdale. Lately Returns Engagement Team Leader, Home Office. For Public Service. (Horley, West Sussex)
Susan Deborah Fleet. Managing Director, Lea Graham Associates. For services to Music, to Charity and to Fundraising. (Burgess Hill, West Sussex)
Sandra Beverley Prail. Governor, Brighton, Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College. For services to Education. (Kingston Gorse, West Sussex)
Mhairi Macewan Sharp. Chief Executive Officer, National Emergencies Trust. For services to the Covid-19 response. (East Preston, West Sussex)
Malcolm Keith Burwood. For services to the community in East Sussex. (Haywards Heath, West Sussex)
Jeremy Fox. For services to the community in Littlehampton, West Sussex. (Patching, West Sussex)
Nicholas Hempleman. For services to the community in Horsham, West Sussex particularly during Covid-19. (Horsham, West Sussex)
Ellen Cecelia Thompson. For services to Refugees in Chichester, West Sussex, particularly during Covid-19. (Chichester, West Sussex)
Alison Barbara Whitburn. Community Champion, Morrisons. For services to the community in Littlehampton, West Sussex. (Arundel, West Sussex)
Countess Sally Jean De la Bedoyere. Lately Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross. For services to Animal Welfare. (Horsham, West Sussex)
Other famous names to receive awards this year include US Open star Emma Raducanu, James Bond actor Daniel Craig, as well as Knighthoods for England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and deputy CMO, Jonathan Van-Tam.
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