TOP apprentice Richard Blundell has been nominated for an award.

The Liversedge 29-year-old will be honoured at the Direct Works Forum Apprentice of the Year Awards next month. The trainee gas fitter came top of his year at Leeds College of Building.

Richard said: “I felt really proud to be nominated. When I started two-and-a-half years ago I never thought I would be in the position of being put forward for a national award.”