Merseyside figures recognised in 2024 New Year Honours
Community leaders, healthcare workers and a champion race walker are among the Merseyside figures to be recognised in the King’s 2024 New Year Honours.
The honours are handed out as part of the new year celebrations by the monarch and see people recognised with different orders and titles recognising their contribution to society.
This year a wide range of people with links to our region will be awarded different honours. They include Wirral-born Great British Bake-Off star Paul Hollywood.
There are also nods for OIympic racewalker Thomas Bosworth, who lives in Liverpool, and Liverpool Parish Church Rector Dr Crispin Pailing. Merseyside Police’s news and campaigns manager Donna Dawber is also recognised.
The 57-year-old, from Prescot[3], said: “I’ve worked for Merseyside Police for 23 years in the news and comms team and I’m really honoured to be put forward for this award for doing a job I am passionate about and I know can really make a difference.
“I have seen how gun crime destroys lives and have worked with officers following major incidents, supporting families at the worst times in their lives, and developing media strategies to support SIOs in finding justice for those who have loved ones taken away from them; to encourage witnesses to come forward and to deter people from using firearms on our streets.”
She added: “I would like to thank my family – my daughter, Lys, sister Christine and brother-in-law Ian – who have been there for me in good and bad times and have been a huge support.”
Other policing honours will go to Special Chief Inspector Laura Hart and retired Detective Constable Andy Duignan. Special Chief Inspector Hart, 37, from Walton[4], is the most senior female volunteer in Merseyside Police.
Andy Duignan, 54, from Formby[5], was commended for his professionalism, commitment and expertise regarding firearm investigations.
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Andrew James Bell. Lately Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AJ Bell plc. For services to the Financial Sector. (Ormskirk[8], Lancashire)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Heather Margaret Patricia Akehurst. Chief Executive, Open Awards. For services to Further Education in Merseyside. (Wirral[9], Merseyside)
Dr Christopher Paul Johnson. Forensic Pathologist, Home Office. For services to Criminal Justice. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Michael Eakin, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic chief executive
Professor Simon Edward Kenny. National Clinical Director for Children and Young People, NHS England and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital[10]. For services to Paediatric Surgery. (Wirral, Merseyside)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Thomas Stewart Bosworth. For services to Race Walking. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Donna Marie Dawber. News and Campaigns Manager, Merseyside Police. For services to Law and Order. (Knowsley[11], Merseyside)
Elizabeth Ann Hawkins. For services to Young People and to the community in Wirral, Merseyside. (Wirral, Merseyside)
Professor Saye Hock Khoo. Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool[12]. For services to Infectious Diseases and Pharmacology. (Hoylake[13], Merseyside)
Paul Hollywood. Baker and Television Presenter. For services to Baking and to Broadcasting. (London, London)
Rev. Canon Dr Crispin Alexander Pailing. Member, Merseyside Resilience Forum and Safety Advisory Group. For services to the community in Liverpool, Merseyside. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
The Revd Canon Dr Crispin Pailing, Rector of Liverpool
Carrie Byrom. Director, Stable Lives. For services to Mental Health and the community in North West England
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
Norah Button-Brookwell. Founder and Principal, Liverpool Theatre School. For services to Dance and Theatre. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Pauline Higgins. For services to the community in Liverpool, Merseyside. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Dr Catherine Marian Hubbert. Macmillan General Practitioner and Founder, Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust. For services to Palliative Care. (Maghull[14], Merseyside)
Amanda Jayne Lear. Enforcement Case Manager, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the community in Moreton, Merseyside. (Wirral, Merseyside)
Joan Prescott. For services to Young People and to the community in Melling, Merseyside. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
KING’S POLICE MEDAL (KPM)
Andrew James Duignan. lately Detective Constable, Merseyside Police. (Merseyside)
Laura Catherine Elizabeth Hart. Special Chief Inspector, Merseyside Police. (Merseyside)
Ian John Dawson. lately, Assistant Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary. (Lancashire)
KING’S FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (KFSM)
Phillip Garrigan O.B.E. Chief Fire Officer, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service. (Merseyside)
References
- ^ Teacher who began inappropriate relationship with pupil at prestigious Liverpool school banned (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Boxer ‘wins most important fight’ after being stabbed in chest (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Prescot (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Walton (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Formby (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Teacher who began inappropriate relationship with pupil at prestigious Liverpool school banned (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Boxer ‘wins most important fight’ after being stabbed in chest (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Ormskirk (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Wirral (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Knowsley (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ University of Liverpool (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Hoylake (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ Maghull (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)