A 13-YEAR-old music prodigy has been given £1,200 to pay for a new flugel horn.

Kirsten Broadhurst, of Tyldesley, has benefited from a BBC Fame Academy grant to replace her old instrument with a gleaming new horn.

The award caps a great year for the Bolton Youth Brass Band member, who also plays with Astley Youth Band, after she was named as principal flugel horn with the newly-formed National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain.