An ex-army officer and a conservation experrt from Dorset have joined some famous names on this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List. 

Lieutenant Colonel Richard Harris East is awarded an MBE for services to charity and the community in Dorchester.

Lt Col East, from Dorchester, is the chairman of The Dorset Army Benevolent Fund (The Soldier’s Charity) and has organised many fundraising events for the charity across the county.

The Soldier’s Charity was set up in 1944 to support serving soldiers, veterans and their families.

Dr Geoff Hawtin, 68, from Portesham, is awarded an OBE for services to Global Agrobiodiversity Conservation, Subsistence Livelihood Enhancement and Sustainable Food Programmes.

He was formerly a member of the board of trustees for Kew Gardens and a senior technical advisor for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources.

Dr Hawtin was also director general of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, now Bioversity International, for 12 years and CEO of Global Crop Diversity Trust from 2003 to 2005.

There are also some famous faces in the star studded list of honours.  

Billy Connolly has been given a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in a landmark year that will see him hit the milestone age of 75.

There is also recognition for a number of well-known faces in Scotland, including JK Rowling, Judy Murray and Emeli Sande.

Harry Potter author Rowling, who was made an OBE in 2001, now becomes a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in light of her services to literature and philanthropy.

Judy Murray and Heather Stanning are among the leading sporting figures to be honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Murray, the former Great Britain Fed Cup coach and mother to Wimbledon champions Andy and Jamie, will receive an OBE for services to tennis, women in sport and charity.

She is the third member of her family to be honoured after Andy was knighted in the new year, while Jamie also received an OBE in 2016.