A UNIVERSITY student has clinched his gold Duke of Edinburgh award - five years after he started.
Marc Hughes, now 19, was presented with it at a St James’ Palace ceremony attended by Prince Philip His dad, George, of Tabley Road, Knutsford, said it was the culimation of five years of hard work.
Marc was a pupil at The Grange School in Hartford when he earned his bronze and silver awards.
To gain gold he spent a month helping to repair and repaint a changing room at a school in Ecuador, followed by a trek to the summit of Cotopaxi, one of the world’s highest active volcanoes.
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