MILLINERY student Eileen Bradley is the best.

The 34-year-old is the only student in her subject in Britain to get a City and Guilds highly commended award.

Judges praised her outstanding performance in the field of creative crafts.

Eileen sells cars for a living but travels once a week from her home near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales for her course at Huddersfield Technical College.

Her commendation follows two other successes for the college's millinery section.

Rebecca Thomas was second in the Hat Designer of the Year competition run by Hat Magazine while Adrian Howard came fourth at the prestigious Estwales du Chapeaux contest in France.