NEWS STORY: SEPTEMBER 2008
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Want a crack at winning a cool £1,000 every three months - and a chance of lots of other cash prizes?
Want to enter regular competitions with sparkling prizes like LCD televisions, laptop computers and washing machines?
Our new prize scheme - Northwards Xtra - is right up your street!
There isn't one! Just answer YES to these questions to get your Xtra Factor and be eligible for great prizes:
Fit the bill? Congratulations . . . you've got the Northwards Xtra Factor. Four times a year, in March, June, September and December, your name goes automatically into our prize draw. No need to do anything - just keep your fingers crossed!
There's a top prize of £1,000, two prizes of £500 and four of £250. And that's not all. The Xtra Factor means you can enter the great new competitions in our regular newsletter Northwards Natter.
We've got three LCD televisions up for grabs - one for the first out of the hat in each of our three main areas:
There are other extra special prizes when we launch the scheme with our first competition. Randomly-selected winners could get:
Look out for more details in the autumn Northwards Natter coming through your letterbox - and on this website - soon.