A Witney-born designer who created the Olympic Torch has been awarded an honorary degree by Oxford Brookes University.

Jay Osgerby, above, went on to complete a Foundation Art programme at Oxford Polytechnic – now Oxford Brookes. In 2010 he beat off competition from more than 1,000 other companies to win the commission to design the Olympic Torch, which is being carried around the country, with his partner Edward Barber.

Mr Osgerby said: “It is a great honour to receive this award.”