New Year's Honours for Horizon campaigner and sports stars in the South
Many have been granted awards for services to their communities and professions
Personalities across the South from the worlds of sport, entertainment and beyond are being recognised for their service by the King.
The King's New Year Honours List, compiled and announced as we move into the new year, aims to decorate those who have contributed significantly to industries, services, or the voluntary sector.
Dozens across Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and West Sussex have made the list for their achievements in public life or by committing themselves to serving and helping the UK.
Here's a small list of just some of those featured:
Alan Titchmarsh 'thrilled to bits' with CBE
Among those to get a CBE is Alton-based TV presenter and gardener Alan Titchmarsh, who's being honoured for services to horticulture and to charity, having served as the president of Perennial, formerly the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society, since 2004.
He is also the president of the charity Plant Heritage, formerly known as the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG), whose patron is the King.
Titchmarsh told the PA news agency that "both thrill me equally" adding that "a lot of my charitable work is to do with horticulture".
He said it had been a "teary moment" telling his wife Alison and daughters about the CBE, adding: "I've been an MBE for 25 years, so I kind of thought that was... I've been very happy with that."
He added he was: "Thrilled to bits, surprised, but thrilled and honoured that I should be thought worth a CBE, flatted beyond belief."
OBE for Hampshire sub-postmistress and Horizon IT scandal campaigner
A former Hampshire sub-postmistress, given an OBE, has vowed to "never give in" in their fight to help fellow Post Office scandal victims receive full and fair compensation.
Jo Hamilton from from South Warnborough near Basingstoke was wrongfully convicted of fraud in 2008 after faulty Horizon accounting software made it look as though money was missing from their accounts.
Fellow campaigners Lee Castleton, Seema Misra and Chris Head were also made OBEs for services to justice, after Sir Alan Bates was knighted earlier this year.
Olympic and Paralympic stars honoured for Paris golds
Three sportswomen from Poole, who grabbed gold medals at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics in the summer, feature on the list.
Bryony Page, who won trampolining gold after previously claiming silver in Rio and bronze in Tokyo, has been made an MBE.
She told Sky Sports News: "It's such an honour to have recognition in this way and to have an award like this.
"It feels really surreal but really amazing - what a way to finish an amazing year.
"It's a team effort, there are so many people that have helped me on my journey that deserve the same thing."
Eleanor Aldridge, who claimed the first ever kitesurfing gold handed out at an Olympic games, also receives an MBE.
While Alice Tai, who won five swimming medals in Paria - two of them golds - has been awarded an OBE.
Elsewhere in sport, there's also an OBE for former Hampshire County Cricket Club chairman Rod Bransgrove.
Knighthoods for political figures in the South
Three of the South's politicians who left Parliament following the general election in July have been included on the list.
Former Schools Minister and Bognor Regis and Littlehampton MP Nick Gibb receives a knighthood, while ex North East Hampshire MP and Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena also becomes a sir.
Meanwhile Alan Whitehead, who stepped down at Southampton Test MP following 22 years in the role has been given a CBE.
MBE for former South Downs National Park Trust CEO
Trevor Beattie has been recognised with an MBE for his work as a 'force for change' in the South Downs National Park across Hampshire and West Sussex.
Trevor, who stepped down from the role last year, helped to oversee biodiversity restoration, landscape enhancement and access routes.
By 2021, he also led the Generation Green Programme, as well as launching the ReNature initiative, which is expected to raise £100 million over the next decades, creating an extra 13,000 hectares of habitat.
He told Greatest Hits Radio that he was "surprised and very pleased" to receive the MBE for Services to the Natural Environment.