A MIDWIFE from Somerset has also featured on the New Year’s Honours list.

Professor Karen Anne Luker, of Wedmore, has been given a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her services to nursing and midwifery.

She is currently the Queen’s nursing institute professor of community nursing in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work and is a non-executive director of Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.