Sidmouth Nub News and Kings Garden & Leisure would like to congratulate the winners of our Christmas Tree Competition.

The winners, Hayley Morgan and William Spiller, picked up their trees at a prize giving event at Kings Garden and Leisure in Sidmouth last night (December 3).

The competition was put together by Nub News and the King family as way of giving back to the Sidmouth community and spreading some Christmas cheer.

Christmas tree winner William Spiller said: "It was a bit of a surprise. Normally I don't win anything. It comes as a great gift for Christmas. It's lovely having a real tree."

Hayley Morgan was unable to attend the prize giving but her brother Scott Morgan came in her place, he said: "We never expected to win as we don't normally win anything. Thanks Nub News and Kings, it's great to have a real tree and it saves us putting up the artificial one."

Kings Garden and Leisure have been donating Christmas trees to local councils, schools, charities and community groups for the last 15 years.

This year Sidmouth Town Council, Exmouth Town Council, the Exeter Deaf Academy and Exmouth Lifeboat Station have all received trees from Kings as well as many more local organisations.

Ethan King explained that helping the community is something very close to the family's heart, he said: "First and foremost we want to help the community and share some Christmas spirit. We've been donating Christmas trees to local groups and organisations for around 15 years and it's incredibly important to us to be part of the area we serve.

"At the end of the day we are a local family doing our best to support our councils, schools and charities in any way we can, that's particularly important at this time of year.

"To the winners we would like to say well done and have a lovely Christmas. To the rest of the Sidmouth and wider East Devon community, we hope to see as many of you as possible at the garden centre as we celebrate Christmas here at Kings."

Kings offer top quality gardening products, garden furniture, BBQs, garden ornaments, pots, compost and seasonal products as well as farm produce, bird care products, houseplants, books, clothing, giftware, cookery and kitchenware.

Nub News CEO Karl Hancock said: "Congratulations to all our winners, everyone here at Nub News wishes you and the rest of the Sidmouth community a very merry Christmas.

"Working with Kings Garden and Leisure on this competition has been an absolute pleasure. We share a common sense of community and a commitment to supporting the areas we serve."