Youth worker, professor, surgeon and teacher from Warrington receive Queen's Birthday Honours

A youth worker, a professor, a surgeon and a teacher from Warrington, are among those honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Dave McNicholl, aged 44, Chief Executive at Warrington Youth Club has received British Empire Medal.

Dave was “completely shocked and humbled” as he normally doesn’t appear in the limelight, preferring to put other people forward.He said his honour was an accolade for the staff and volunteers at the Youth Centre which is part of the multi-million pound Onside Project, currently being built in the town centre“We have a brilliant team who go above and beyond for young people,” said Dave, who is looking forward to the new facility opening next year.It won’t be Dave’s first visit to the Palce as he attended four years ago when OnSide Warrington Youth Club attended the Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace after being awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.Others honoured include Professor William Winima Denbeigh Hope from Lymm who has received an OBE.He is director at the Centre of Excellence in Infectious Disease Research.Meanwhile consultant breast surgeon Lester Barr, also from Lymm, has received an MBE.He founded Prevent Breast Cancer in 1996 to research the disease, as well as effective preventative interventions, helping raise over £11 million for research into the prevention of breast cancer.Senior professional tutor Colin Wong, from Warrington, a faculty senior academic adviser, primary teacher education at Liverpool Hope University, has received a BEM for services to education.The full list can be VIEWED HERE