MALTON presenter and entertainer Ryan Swain has been nominated in the Yorkshire Gig Guide - Grassroots Award for outstanding individual of the year.

Ryan has appeared at a number of festivals across Yorkshire hosting the main-stages at Staxtonbury, Tribfest, Flamingo Land Resorts and Yorfest.

He said: “I am very proud of what I have achieved and things just keep getting bigger and better and even more exciting than I could possibly imagine. I do all my own self promotion and PR so I am proud of what I have achieved. Thankfully I have a very supportive family network and great boss John at Specialist Cars Of Malton who encourage and support my talents.”

To vote for Ryan go to yorkshiregigguide.co.uk/ grass-roots-awards-2015.html