On television, BBC News presenter George Alagiah and former Grandstand host Des Lynam also become OBEs.

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Six people in the county have been appointed OBEs and eight receive MBEs.

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Injured fly-half and new captain Jonny Wilkinson, veteran prop forward Jason Leonard and new coach Andy Robinson all received OBEs for services to rugby.

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Other OBEs go to Andrew Wolstenholme, BAA's project director for Heathrow Terminal 5, and Terrence Grote, the former managing director of The Independent newspaper.

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Artists Gillian Wearing and Edward De Waal received OBEs while novelist Kate Atkinson, whose book Case Histories has been adapted for BBC One, was made an MBE.

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OBEs also go to Nowhere Boy director and artist Sam Taylor Wood, veteran actor Bernard Cribbins, who narrated The Wombles, and BBC Radio 2 DJ "Whispering" Bob Harris.

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England captain Michael Vaughan, coach Duncan Fletcher, chairman of selectors David Graveney and manager Phil Neale were all awarded OBEs, while the rest of the players were awarded MBEs.

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The brother and sister team behind the James Bond films, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, are both made OBEs, as is Iain Smith, the producer behind movies such as The Fifth Element and Children of Men.

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Also included on the Honours list were Bonnie Dean, chief executive of Bristol and Bath Science Park, and Colin Irwin John Hamilton Drummond, chief executive of Viridor Waste, who have both been appointed OBEs for services to technology and innovation.

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