ONE lucky reader of The Northern Echo has landed an early Christmas gift.

Douglas Nixon won a 40in LCD television by entering a competition run by the newspaper and supermarket company Aldi.

Mr Nixon, of Nettlesworth, near Chester-le-Street, correctly answered a question about the location of the new store, which is in Watling Road, in Bishop Auckland, to win the prize.

The promotion was held to celebrate the opening of the store, last month.

The shop is bigger and brighter than the former town centre store.