E: 17/08 WIN A CITY BREAK WITH TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS

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https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/competitions/win/win-a-city-break-with-transpennine-express-july2025

JAMES BARR HEADS TO EDINBURGH

We sent James to explore the city, giving him a chance to see all the sights he misses when he’s performing at the Edinburgh Festival. After a first-class journey James was in the heart of the city.

Bag pipes, a stroll down iconic Victoria Street, then Grassmarket for a bite, then off to the castle of course!

FANCY YOUR VERY OWN CITY BREAK? ENTER BELOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!

Here are some of the great places featured in James' Edinburgh visit - Click to find out more:

Grassmarket

Edinburgh Castle

The Writer's Museum

WIN A CITY BREAK WITH TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS.

For a chance to win, simply answer the question below...

This competition opens at 00:01 Monday 21st July 2025 (start time) and closes at 23:59 Sunday 17th August 2025 (end time)

QUESTION: Which country is Edinburgh the capital of?

 Wales

 

 Scotland

 

 England

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS for “TransPennine Express x Hits Radio June-September 2025” (the “Competition”).

These terms and conditions (the “Specific Terms”) for the Competition should be read alongside our general competition terms and conditions at: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-competition-terms.html (the “General Terms”) which will also apply to this Competition. Where there is any conflict between these Specific Terms and the General Terms, the Specific Terms shall prevail. 

1.Entry  ROUTES and  Costs	Entries are restricted to one entry per person. Entry to the Competition is available via the following routes: (A) The competition will sit online accessible on the following Hits Radio England feeds:  https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio/competitions Hits Radio - Birmingham Hits Radio - Black Country and Shropshire Hits Radio - Cambridge Hits Radio - Cornwall Hits Radio - Coventry and Warwickshire Hits Radio - Cumbria Hits Radio - Dorset Hits Radio - East Midlands Hits Radio - East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Hits Radio - Herefordshire & Worcestershire Hits Radio - Lancashire Hits Radio - Lincs Hits Radio - Liverpool and the North West Hits Radio - London Hits Radio - Manchester Hits Radio - National DAB Hits Radio - Norfolk Hits Radio - North East (Teeside) Hits Radio - North East (Tyne & Wear) Hits Radio - Northern Ireland Hits Radio - Oxfordshire Hits Radio - South Coast Hits Radio - South Wales Hits Radio - South Yorkshire Hits Radio - Staffordshire & Cheshire Hits Radio - West of England Hits Radio - West Yorkshire Online entry is free of charge. *** Please note this competition and shared prize fund is across all of the above radio stations ***
2.COMPETITION MECHANIC AND HOW TO WIN	By going online to the above radio station URL, and selecting the ‘TransPennine Express’ competition. section. To win, you will need to answer the multiple-choice question featured on the competition page and enter your personal details. The winner will not be required to come to air. Please note there will be 1x winner of the competition, winning the prize as described in section 5. All valid entries will be pooled, and 1x winner will be chosen by electronic random draw from those who answer the above question correctly. If the winner cannot be contacted within 7 days from the date of the initial attempt to contact them, then we will re-draw until we draw a winner that we are satisfied (in our sole discretion) fulfils all of the eligibility criteria and is in compliance with these Terms.
3. ENTRY  PERIOD	Entries must be submitted during the following entry period: Between 00:01 Monday 21st July 2025 (start time) and 23:59 Sunday 17thAugust 2025 (end time) Entries received before or after the entry period will not be valid.
4. ENTRY RESTRICTIONS	· Open to UK residents only  · Persons aged 18 years or over on date of entry. · Our employees (and their family members) or employees of any company involved in the Competition, including any Prize Provider, are not permitted to enter. · We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant or winner who does not comply with any of the eligibility criteria and/or is in breach of these Terms. We reserve the right to repeat the competition mechanic or any stage of it in order to draw a winner that fulfils all of the eligibility criteria and is in compliance with these Terms. · If you or any other person at your household has won a prize valued at £500 or more on any Bauer brand in the past 6 months, you nor they are eligible to enter or win this competition. The full list of Bauer brands can be found here: https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/brands · Use of a false name will result in disqualification.
5. THE PRIZE	WINNERS PRIZE One (1x) winner will win ‘A break for two people with TransPennine Express’ Prize package for 2 people includes: • Return train travel to the winner’s nearest TransPennine station orairfare from Belfast to Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Newcastle and return transfers to TransPennine station  • Return train travel on TransPennine Express to Newcastle, Edinburgh or York – Provided by Bauer • 2 nights’ 4-star hotel accommodation in either Newcastle, Edinburgh or York, based on sharing a double occupancy room with breakfast  • Daily evening meal restaurants in the chosen city, up to the daily value of £60 per person including drinks and gratuity  • Activity of the winner choosing • £250 spending money (winner only) Element Terms & Conditions: The prize package is for two (2) people, all of whom must travel at the same time with the same itinerary; At least one (1) person travelling must be over the age of 18; where any travellers are aged under 18, they must have prior parental or guardian permission; Travel based on standard class train travel within mainland UK to winner’s nearest TransPennine station, or economy class airfare from Belfast to Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh or Newcastle and airport transfers to TransPennine station; Not all routings will be available and exact itinerary will be provided at the Prize Providers discretion; Accommodation is based on two (2) adults sharing one (1) double occupancy room in Edinburgh, Newcastle or York; Accommodation will be selected by prize provider at their sole discretion; A valid credit or debit card for incidentals may be required to guarantee your room on check in and therefore at least one of the travellers must possess and travel with a valid credit or debit card; The prize excludes transfers from winner’s home to train station or airport, meals and drinks, hotel incidentals, excursions, attractions, treatments, personal expenses and anything not expressly stated in the prize package; All elements of the prize are subject to availability; if unavailable, experiences and items of a similar nature and equal monetary value may be offered at the prize provider’s discretion; Dinner and drinks are provided to the value of £60 GBP per person, including service charge for 2 evenings of trip; An activity of the winner’s choice up to the maximum value of £75 per person will be arranged by the prize provider; £250 spending money is provided via bank transfer to the winner’s nominated account, recipient of funds must be aged 18 or over; Winners must contact prize provider with three preferred travel dates in three separate months no later than six weeks prior to departure; Once booked, the prize cannot be amended or cancelled; Prize is non-refundable and non-transferable; no cash alternative is available; Prize cannot be taken over Christmas and New Year (22nd December – 3rd January), or UK Bank Holidays; Prize is valid for 12 months from the date of notification of winning, and all travel must be completed within that time; If the winner elects not to, or is unable to, use part of the prize, the winner will forfeit that part of the prize package; The Prize Provider is Element London Ltd. Any personal data submitted by the winner to the Prize Provider will be treated in accordance with Prize Provider’s privacy policy, which is accessible at: https://element-london.com/element-london-privacy-policy-travel-english/ TransPennine Express Terms and Conditions: 1. There is one prize consisting of a pair of First Class tickets to travel to Newcastle, Edinburgh, or York from anywhere on the TransPennine Express network.  2. The prize needs to be booked in advance and is subject to availability.  3. The giveaway is open to residents of the UK aged 18 and over, except employees and their immediate families of TransPennine Trains Limited or anyone professionally connected with this giveaway. 4. Entry into the giveaway is deemed to be acceptance of these terms and conditions. 5. TransPennine Trains Limited accept no liability for lost, uncomplete or illegible entries. 6. The winners must claim their prize within five days of TransPennine Trains contacting them. If a prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and TransPennine Trains Limited will redraw the prize until a contactable winner has been located and all prizes are claimed. 7. The prizes must be accepted as offered and are not transferable or for resale. There is no cash alternative.  8. Only one entry per person is permitted. 9. The winners will be selected by random draw at the offices of the promoter. Promoter reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value should circumstances make this necessary. The promoter's decision is final, and binding and no correspondence will be entered into. 10. The promoter makes no representations or warranties as to the quality, suitability, or merchantability of the prizes. 11. To the extent permitted by law, the promoter is not liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including, but not limited to, direct or consequential loss) in connection with entry into the giveaway or acceptance of the prize. Subject to starting location of the winner, another train provider may be utilised prior to boarding a TransPennine service. *** Winners name, address & contact details will be required, solely in order to organise the prize *** *** Please note: Prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable and no cash alternative will be offered.  ID such as passport or drivers licence to confirm name and address of winner will be required ***

OTHER CONDITIONS

1. DATA PROTECTION. Names, email addresses, and /or telephone numbers (which, for all SMS competitions, will be shared with our SMS provider) will be collected and used to process entries. Winner’s details may be given to a Prize Provider to arrange delivery of the prize. Your details may remain stored after the End Date but will not be used for marketing unless you have ticked an opt-in box on entry. For SMS entries you automatically consent to receive marketing. You may opt out at any time by texting the word STOP to the relevant text shortcode number. If you have opted in to receive marketing communications, then your details will be used in accordance with the information given when you ticked the opt-in box and gave your consent. For more details, see: http://www.bauerdatapromise.co.uk/. 

1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONSENTS. By entering this Competition, you are consenting to our use of your entry both to publicise this Competition, our radio station or any other radio station which we own or control. This means that we may use all names, images, descriptions, photographs video footage, and other information, which you have submitted on entry, in any media, without paying you any remuneration therefore and without any time restriction. You also agree that we may film, record or photograph you in connection with the competition and /or the Prize if applicable. We will own these films, recordings or photographs and we may use them publicly, including on the internet, for our radio broadcasts and/or for any promotional purposes. You will also have waived any moral rights or right to payment that you may have had.

1. MISCELLANEOUS.

• Entries which do not comply with these Terms or the General Competition Terms and Conditions will not be accepted and any entries may be disqualified if we have any reason to suspect that there is a breach of, or non-compliance with, these Terms.
• Where a competition mechanic involves the answering of questions, the correct answers to questions must match our answers to win (or be sufficiently close in our sole reasonable opinion) to be acceptable. In the event of any dispute about any answers given and whether they are correct, we reserve the right to amend what we deem a correct answer, however we are not obliged to, and our decision in either case is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• We are not responsible if you fail to get through when you call / text to enter, or if you lose signal during a call.
• You are responsible for all costs of entry and where necessary, obtaining the bill payer’s permission. Please refer to your tariff with your network provider for information about charges you may incur for entry into our competitions via any SMS or phone call entry route.
• We accept no liability for network, technical or signal errors, issues or failures experienced by entrants when entering the competition or at any stage during the mechanic of the competition.
• Whilst on-air, you must not make any inappropriate, profane, indecent, harmful or offensive statements. If you do so we reserve the right to take you off-air immediately and disqualify you from the competition. You may be also disqualified from the competition at any time if you are incomprehensible, inaudible or if you appear to be driving, intoxicated or likely to offend listeners. Any prize already won may be withdrawn and re-awarded to another entrant.
• As far as it is lawful to do so we exclude our liability for any losses suffered in connection with the Competition or any element of the Prize.

We may cancel, end or suspend the Competition where we are required to do so in circumstances outside our control. We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any stage during the Competition if such amendment is necessary to facilitate the administration of the Competition.

1. CONTACT DETAILS. Any concerns? Please email: win@bauermedia.co.uk Correspondence will not be entered into regarding any competition which has closed more than 14 days prior to correspondence being received.

Bauer Radio Limited is the promoter of this Competition, see: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-website-terms.html for details of our registered office and company number.