A HAIR salon is the winner of the Butterwick Hospice's easter window competition.

Hair Studio in Galgate, Barnard Castle, was among 15 shops in the town which entered the competition.

The event was organised by The Butterwick Hospice, based in Bishop Auckland, to help celebrate its tenth anniversary and also promote its outreach day hospice at The Richardson Hospital in Barnard Castle.

Hair salon owner Susan Birdsall entered the competition after she was persuaded by customer Anne Stobbs, who volunteered to decorate the shop window.

Hospice spokeswoman Sylvia Stoneham, said: "The mystery shopper who judged the competition had a formidable task choosing from all the entries. It was such a success that we are hoping to run the competition again with an anniversary theme."