MOTHER-of-two Nicola Murray and her daughters are gearing up for a surprise trip to a Pontins holiday camp, thanks to The Northern Echo.

Lifelong Echo reader Kathleen Race of Hunwick, near Bishop Auckland, won a prize draw for the short break and gave the winning ticket to her surprised daughter, Mrs Murray, of Consett Road, Castleside.

Mrs Murray and daughters Hannah, aged nine, and Eve, aged five, will take a four-night break in Prestatyn, Wales.

"It came out of the blue," she said. "The girls are really excited about it."