A talented basketball player has been given a university scholarship.

Philip Solomon-Turay, 18, of Edmonton, will study sport and exercise psychology at Worcester University after being given a £1,000 scholarship for his grades at Richmond Upon Thames College.

Mr Solomon-Turay said: “My ambition for the future is to continue playing basketball at a high level, progressing onto professional level and further down the line help people in sports and in life fully understand how their psychological state can affect not only sports performance, but their everyday life.

“I chose the University of Worcester because it has a very friendly atmosphere at both the university and in the town, and they have a very well established basketball programme that I would like to be a part of.”