Young Brighouse comedian Jack Carroll won a top award last night.

Jack lifted the Personality of the Year Award at the Yorkshire Young Achievers Awards.

Jack has become Britain’s best-known “sit-down” stand-up comedian. He has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair to get around.

His talent was first spotted by comedian Jason Manford who saw a video of him performing at his parents’ Silver wedding anniversary at the tender age of 12.

Since then Jack, who attends Brighouse High School, has been a runner-up in Britain’s Got Talent, received a Pride of Britain Award and starred in a CBBC television series. He has appeared on Loose Women and a fortnight ago, and just weeks after his 15th birthday, he appeared at the Hammersmith Apollo with Jason Manford.

He is not afraid to tackle all kinds of subjects – from disability to North Korea – and he writes his own material.

Another local winner was Liz Green who won a special award to mark the awards’ 21st anniversary. Huddersfield-born Liz was the first-ever winner of the Personality of the Year Award and has supported and promoted the Awards ever since.

Liz was unable to attend due to ill health so her award was received on her behalf by her mother, Susan Vaughey.

This year she won a New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Programmes Award in July for her documentary on America’s Death Row to add to the two Sony Radio Gold Awards she has also received for her work at BBC Radio Leeds.