LUCY Shuker and Ed Ling have been presented with commemorative globes to mark their medal winning achievements in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Taunton Deane Mayor Cllr Vivienne Stock-Williams made the presentation on behalf of Taunton Deane Borough Council at the Blackbrook Pavilion, Tauton, after a civic ceremony was cancelled due to the Olympians' busy schedules.

Lucy, who trains in Taunton, and Ed, who lives in Nynehead, both came home from the 2016 Games with bronze medals.

They were given a hand-blown glass globe made by local craftsman Will Shakspeare and engraved with a message from the council.

Mrs Vivienne Stock-Williams said: “It was a real honour to meet them and congratulate them on their remarkable achievements.

"The council is very proud of them both and is delighted to have them as role models for Olympians of the future.”

Lucy made history alongside Jordanne Whiley at the London 2012 Paralympic Games winning Great Britain’s first ever women’s wheelchair tennis medal in the doubles.

The pair retained bronze in Rio last summer.

Lucy was also the first Brit to contest the wheelchair tennis events at all four major Grand Slams when she played in New York in 2013.

She started playing wheelchair tennis in 2002 following a motorbike accident that left her paralysed from the chest down.

She trains at the Blackbrook Tennis Centre and also at The Royal Berkshire Health and Racquets Club.

Ed Ling won bronze in the men’s trap shooting event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

He has also represented his country at the 2004 and 2012 Olympics.

The sport is something of a family obsession - his father coached him throughout his career, his wife Abbey is a three time British champion, and his brother Theo won bronze in the European junior championships.

The family run a shooting school based at their working farm.