The man who has put Cornwall on the space map, a professor of gaming, a veterans volunteer and a postmistress are among the people in Cornwall to be recognised in the King's Birthday Honours list. Ian Jones, the founder of Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd on the Lizard peninsula, has been made an officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service to space communication. Professor Tanya Krzywinska, from Falmouth University, received an MBE for services to Higher and to the Video Games Industry while Sharron Adams, the manager of Children's Home also received an MBE for services to disabled children and young people.
They are among a dozen people in the county to receive a gong in this year's King's Birthday Honours list. They join Post Office campaigner Alan Bates, former prime minister Gordon Brown and artist Tracey Emin who are among the famous faces in the UK to make the list with knighthoods and damehoods. The highest award went to Mr Brown who was made a Companion of Honour, while Sir Alan was knighted in recognition of his campaigning work which highlighted the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Emin, actress Imelda Staunton and fashion accessories designer Anya Hindmarch were all made dames in the list, while writer Armando Iannucci was made a CBE and cyclist Mark Cavendish was knighted. Singer Rebecca Ferguson, Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon and Countdown's Susie Dent were among the showbiz names to be made MBEs. In the sporting world, former cyclist Chris Boardman and.