Ten young apprentices were crowned winners at the annual Drax Group Apprentice Awards recently.

The ceremony, held near Selby in North Yorkshire, celebrated the "outstanding contribution" made by apprentices from across the company's UK operations.

The Graduate Apprentice of the Year award was given to 20-year-old logistics graduate apprentice, Oliver Feeney, from Selby, for his work at Drax Power Station.

Mr Feeney said: "I am very proud to have won the award and to see that all my work has been appreciated during the first year of my apprenticeship."

As well as Mr Feeney, this year's winners were Nathan Harbinson, Faith Roberts, Owen Moran, Martin Meechan, Mason Thomas, Ryan Stocks, Dylan Hall-Parkes, and Nathan Taylor.

Craft and technical apprenticeship programmes at Drax span four years and aim to impart skills in the three key disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical, and Control & Instrumentation, according to a spokesperson.