The following people from St Albans and Radlett have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

• Claire Elizabeth Robins, headteacher of Sir John Lawes School and member of the North West London South Central Headteacher’s Board, has been awarded an OBE for services to education.

• Sally Kendall, professor of community nursing and public health at the University of Kent, has been awarded a MBE for services to nursing and to research.

• Melvyn Roy Teare, a former district councillor and chair of the district’s chamber of commerce, has been awarded a MBE for services to the community and to local charities in St Albans.

• Anne Elizabeth Ross has been awarded a British Empire Medal for services to families of young people with special needs.

• Peter Andrew Templeman, curriculum technician in carpentry and joinery at Oaklands College, has been awarded a British Empire Medal for services to technical education.

• Steven Elworthy from Radlett, formerly director of events at the English Cricket Board, has been awarded a MBE for services to cricket.