Skills wizard Charlie on top of the world

HE’S only 12 but Charlie Purcell has the world at his feet.

Charlie, from Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry, has just returned home with the top prize from the Bobby Charlton World Skills Championship in Manchester.

Last July, Charlie won the International Skills section and, having now added the world crown to that gong, is following in the footsteps of such football luminaries as David Beckham and Stephen Ireland.