CHILDREN are being offered the chance to collect Santa from Bristol International Airport and escort him to a Somerset garden centre.

CHILDREN are being offered the chance to collect Santa from Bristol International Airport and escort him to a Somerset garden centre.

Staff at Sanders GardenWorld in Brent Knoll want youngsters aged four to 11 to write in before November 16 to explain why they deserve to be 'Santa's little helper'.

The lucky winner will pick Santa up from the airport on December 1 when his polar flight lands and help him on his journey to the garden centre using in part the original roadworthy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang motor car.

Details of the competition have already been posted to schools in the county, however any child who has not received an entry form can pick one up from the garden centre's reception.