A TOP Government advisor whose roots are firmly planted in North Lancashire is to take the title Baroness of Lancaster when she becomes a life peer next month.

Dr Ruth Henig, chair of Lancashire Police Authority, was awarded her life peerage on May 1, and has been waiting to hear what title she will bear.

She admitted she had hoped to be able to have a title high-lighting the area she represents.

And she is quietly celebrating after it was agreed she will be-come Baroness of Lancaster.

"I am really pleased and proud that I have been granted this title," she told the Citizen. "I will do my best to ensure that the interests of the North Lancashire area will be effectively represented at the highest level."

Dr Henig will take up her role officially following induction on June 15, with Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton and Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith as her sponsors.

Dr Henig, who is 60 and lives in Wray, was a former dean of arts and humanities at Lancaster University, where she taught history for 34 years.

Nationally she sits on a number of high-profile advisory groups, such as the Prime Minister's street crime action group, the Criminal Justice Board and the ministerial steering group on police reform.