BIG Brother runner-up Jonny Regan has been given a year's supply of free drink after admitting he liked cider when he was in the house.

Drinks company Bulmers has given the 29-year-old, of Trimdon Station, County Durham, a 12-month supply of Woodpecker after Jonny told his fellow housemates that he was a fan of the cider.

Jonny has agreed to help promote the drinks firm's Woodpecker Live party, at Newcastle racecourse on September 28.

He was presented with VIP tickets for himself and nine friends to the party, which will be hosted by Jayne Middlemiss and DJ Graeme Park.

Phil McTeer, a spokesman for Woodpecker, said: "We all loved Jonny anyway for his great sense of humour and his Geordie antics.

"When he declared his love for the drink, we knew we had to make him an offer he couldn't refuse."

Hundreds of fans turned out this week to see Jonny at the launch of the party, on Newcastle's Quayside.

Tickets will not be on sale, but partygoers can win tickets if they are spotted drinking Woodpecker in the region's bars and clubs by the company's staff.

They can also win tickets by listening to Galaxy.