THE NEW Year's honours list has been released - and seven people from Stroud have been rewarded.

The annual awards mark the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the country.

Several people in Stroud have received an honour, for services to the community during Covid-19, higher education and more.

Here are those who made the list.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Professor Julie Elspeth Lydon OBE

Stroud

Lately Vice Chancellor, University of South Wales

For services to Higher Education

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Aonghus Gordon

Stroud

Founding Trustee, Ruskin Mill Trust, Nailsworth

For services to Cultural Heritage and Education

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Robert Burrows

Stonehouse

Lately Branch Staff Member, Nationwide

For services to the Financial Sector and to the community in Bath during Covid-19

Rollo Clifford TD

Chairman of Frampton Country Fair

Frampton on Severn

For services to Sport, to Charity and to the community in Frampton on Severn

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Jonathan James Turner Cobb

Stroud

For services to the community in Miserden, Gloucestershire during Covid-19

Hannah Lansdowne

Stroud

For services to the community in Painswick, Gloucestershire during Covid-19

Irena Litton

Stonehouse

For services to the community in Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, particularly during Covid-19