Today, we can reveal the Holiday Photographs of the Year 2006.

We launched our competition a month ago and have been snowed under by the number of entries by post, email and text.

More than 200 pictures were received, many of them to a very high standard. The entries were judged by chief photographer Morris Troughton-Hume. The winners in each category will receive £25 in WHSmith vouchers.

Many thanks to all those who entered. A further photographic competition will be held in the new year.

A selection of the pictures can be viewed on the following pages, as well as the runners up and winners for each age group:
The winners and runners up - adult category
The winners and runners up - under 18 category
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