Several people from the area have been named in this year’s New Year’s Honours List.

David Hempleman-Adams received Knight Commander of the Victorian Order for years served as a Duke of Edinburgh Award trustee, Timothy Hollingsworth, from Bath, the Chief Executive Officer at the British Paralympic Association, was awarded an OBE for Services to Sport. Two of the University of Bath’s staff were also named – Diane Aderyn received an OBE for Services to Higher Education and Tess Ridge, an OBE for her Services to Social Science.

Also making the list was Frome’s Humphrey Barnes, Chair of the Frome Memorial Theatre Trust.