New Year's Honours: Vera Baird made a Dame and awards for Fab Flournoy and Matt Wylie
Northumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has been made a Dame in the latest New Year's Honours.
Dame Vera has been honoured for services to Women and Equality.
Before becoming a crime commissioner, Dame Vera was a lawyer, an MP for Redcar and a Government Minister.
As a lawyer she represented some of the miners caught up in the so-called Battle of Orgreave, in 1984.
She said: “This was very delightful and surprising news.
“I am particularly pleased that the award specifically refers to services to the cause of women and equality, recognising that gender equality is desirable for the country and for everyone in it. There have been great advances but there is still more to do."
She added: “I feel truly proud to receive this honour, and see it as giving the cause of equality a boost. I would like to thank all the many people who have supported, helped and encouraged me over the years. We must continue to work together to achieve the equality we are fighting for."
Newcastle Eagles head coach Fab Flournoy was made an MBE for services to British basketball and the community in the North East, while Paralympic gold medalist Matt Wylie, from Washington, was awarded an MBE for services to swimming.
Watch Fab Flournoy talk to ITV Tyne Tees about his honour
The Rt Rev James Jones, from Malton, North Yorkshire, will be knighted forservices to Bereaved Families and Justice.
The former Bishop of Liverpool was the chairman of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, whose campaigning led to a new inquest.
Here's a list of the honours:
Dames Commander of the Order of the British EmpireMs Vera Baird, QC Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner. For services to Women and Equality. (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
Angela, Mrs Macdonald, Director, DWP Operations, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Welfare Reform. (York, North Yorkshire)
CBEWilliam Graeme Wallace, Director, DWP Operations, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Pensioners and Welfare Reform. (Ashington, Northumberland)
OBEHazel Margery, Mrs Whitehead. For services to the community in Ingleton, County Durham. (Darlington, Durham)
MBERichard Hamlyn Tucker. Founder and Director, AAA Property Services. For services to Business, Skills and the community in North East England. (Darlington, Durham)
Dr Antony David Trapp. For services to the Engineering and Energy Industries. (Stocksfield, Northumberland)
George Robert Arckless. For services to the community in Northumberland. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Fabulous Flournoy. For services to British Basketball and the community in the North East. (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear)
Jacqueline Gent. Headteacher, Bishop Barrington School. For services to Education and the community in Co.Durham. (Crook, Durham)
Tracey Booth Chair of Governors, Churchill Community College, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. For services to Education. (Wallsend, Tyne and Wear)
David Edward Cussons. For services to Agriculture and Rural Communities in North Yorkshire particularly through the Ryedale Agricultural Show. (York, North Yorkshire)
Lady Hilary Gail Jopling. For charitable services to Children through Hope and Homes for Children. (Thirsk, North Yorkshire)
Walter Ivor Pattison. For services to Disabled People in North East England. (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)
Edwin Charles Stanbridge. Assistant Officer, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to Customer Service and the community in Co. Durham. (Stockton on Tees, Durham)
Dr Antony David Trapp. For services to the Engineering and Energy Industries. (Stocksfield, Northumberland)
George Vernon Wells. Chaiman of Selby College Corporation. For services to Further Education. (Selby, North Yorkshire)
Laurence Whiteley. For services to Rowing. (Northallerton, North Yorkshire)
Matthew James Wylie. For services to Swimming. (Washington, Tyne and Wear)
BEM - British Empire MedallistsTrudi Jeannette Abadi. Manager, National Confidential Unit, North of England, National Crime Agency. For services to Law and Order. (North Yorkshire)
Michelle Beckett. For services to Disadvantaged People in the UK and Abroad. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
Iestyn Davies. Classical Countertenor. For services to Music. (York, North Yorkshire)
Sylvia Marian (Sue) Evason. Joint Founder, Jennyruth Workshop, Ripon, Yorkshire. For services to People with Learning Difficulties in Yorkshire. (Ripon, North Yorkshire)
Muriel Olive Harris. For voluntary service to the community in Northumberland. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Professor Peter Andrew Heasman. Volunteer Member, NHS Research Ethics Committees. For services to Providing Ethical Review and Support to Researchers. (Shotley Bridge, Durham)
Jennifer Caswell Hildyard. For services to the community in York, North Yorkshire. (North Yorkshire)
Dr Helen Mary Crews. Director, Animal and Plant Health Agency. For services to Plant and Bee Health. (North Yorkshire)
Ian Norman Dodds. Senior Policy Adviser, Cabinet Office. For services to Civil Society and Community Action in the North East of England. (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear)
Professor Mary Elizabeth Dunning. Governor, Tyne Metropolitan College. For services to Further and Higher Education and the Community in the North-East of England. (Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear)
Professor Simon Webster Frith Tovey Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education and Popular Music. (Hexham, Northumberland)
Naseem Aslam Khan Managing Director, Jennings Motor Group. For services to the economy and charity. (Stockton on Tees, Durham)
Philomena Margaret, Mrs Marshall. Education Director and Trustee, Laidlaw Schools Philomena Abrahams Trust and lately Executive Principal, Excelsior Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to Education. (Durham)
Clive Reginald Martin. Director, Clinks. For services to Offenders and their Families. (York, North Yorkshire)
Peter William Rowley. For services to Sports Administration. (Darlington, Durham)
Ailsa Margaret Rutter. Director, FRESH Smokefree North East. For services to Tobacco Control. (Tyne and Wear)