Island Residents in New Year Honours List
Wed, 30 Dec 2020
Christian Varley MBE ran 19 marathons in 19 days for charity Government House has announced that Her Majesty The Queen has recognised seven people in the Isle of Man in the 2021 New Year Honours List. Mr Gary Roberts QPM, Chief Constable Isle of Man Constabulary Gary Roberts has dedicated his working life to Manx policing. As Chief Constable of the Isle of Man Constabulary, he has shown strategic leadership, purpose, integrity and vision. He has risen to any challenge thrown at him and in the years of austerity was able to reshape the Constabulary, continually improving its performance. Despite budget cuts, crime has reduced and reached the lowest level since the 1970s making the Isle of Man arguably the safest place in the British Isles. He oversaw the transition from a police-only control room to Europe’s first fully combined joint emergency services control room. He has reintroduced community policing and i