A STUDENT from Chelmsford has scooped a top award at a prestigious regional construction competition.
Matthew Tomlin, 18, a student at Barking and Dagenham College, saw off nearly 80 other competitors to take first prize in the senior plastering event at SkillBuild 2014.
He will now join fellow regional winners at the national final to be held at the Skills Show, in Birmingham, in November.
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