New Year's Honours list 2014 announced

In the list that saw more honours bestowed to women for the first time was Hungerford resident Penny Brookman, who was awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) for services to education for her work as a volunteer dance and drama teacher at Kintbury St Mary's CofE primary school.
Awarded the British Empire Medal Mrs Brookman, who is on the

team of arts reviewers, has professional qualifications in ballet and theatre dance, and is also a founder of Kintbury May Maids Morris and is involved in May Day celebrations across the area as she teaches traditional dance.
She is also involved in the Garston Gallopers Morris dancing troupe.
Speaking to Newbury Today Mrs Brookman said she was delighted, thrilled, very excited and touched that she had been nominated.
She said: "My passion has always been teaching traditional dance to people who would not have otherwise gone to dance lessons. It's about sharing my passion and love of dance and tradition but it's nice to be recognised.
"People have said that it's great that I have got it after all these years but I'm just an everyday person doing work for the community. You don't start out to get a medal, you do it because you want to do it and I was put forward by local people which makes it even more touching."
Mrs Brookman said that she would be out celebrating with dancers tonight (New Year's Eve) and joked that she would be able to display her medal if it had been collected by the time of next year's May Day celebrations, which she said plans had already been drawn up for.
Charity workers also saw recognition for their services to communities across the country.
Among those appointed the OBE for services to charity and the community in Ramsbury, Wiltshire, is Susan Eliot-Cohen, Elspeth Gibb for charity work and services to the community in Great Bedwyn and Kevin Staniforth for his charity work for the Royal Berkshire NHS foundation Trust.
Also appointed the OBE for services to the Marlborough International Jazz Festival and the community is Nick Fogg.
Meanwhile the doctor who delivered Prince George, Marcus Setchell, has been made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) - an honour in the personal gift of the Queen. Sir Marcus, aged 70, also treated the Prince's mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, who grew up in Bucklebury, for severe morning sickness.
He also served as the Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the royal household and helped save the life of the Countess of Wessex when she was pregnant with Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor.