SUPERMARKET fundraisers have turned £5 into a £700 gift to hospice patients.
Diane Wilson and John Bowman travelled to Turkey to win a Great Escape competition run by the Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland.
With £5 between them when the set off from Holme House Prison, Stockton, they returned from a free trip to Marmaris with donations collected on the way.
A second team, Gemma Snowball and Angie McCormick, both stylists at the Elite Salon in Bishop Auckland, achieved their £1,000 target by reaching Bournemouth, winning the contest's prize for the most money raised.
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