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Honour for Neal’s Yard Dairy founder

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Cheesemaker Randolph Hodgson heads the list of local figures to be recognised in the Queen's birthday honours.

Neals Yard


Hodgson, chair of the Specialist Cheesemakers' Association, receives the OBE for services to the dairy industry.

He co-founded Neal's Yard Dairy in Covent Garden in 1979 and opened a branch in Park Street ten years ago. He now lives in SE1.

Also receiving the OBE is SE1 resident Dr Paul Nicholson – for services to occupational medicine.

The same honour goes to Christopher Harper, court manager of Southwark Crown Court.

Ken Knight, commissioner of the Albert Embankment-based London Fire Brigade, receives a knighthood.

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