JOHN Filby, from Abridge, was last night presented with the Epping Forest District Council Citizen of the Year award.

Daisy Sherriff, 16, from North Weald - a pupil at St John's School, in Epping - received the Young Citizen of the Year award.

The presentations were made by council chairman Caroline Pond at Gaynes Park Barns, near Epping.

For full coverage of the awards, and pictures, see Thursday's Epping Forest Guardian.