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Terms and Conditions – 5 Live Win the Headlines Competition

Eligibility

1. The competition is open to all residents of the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man aged 18 or over (unless otherwise stated), except ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ or ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Group Company employees, their close relatives or anyone connected with the competition or the particular prize being offered.

How to enter

2. Registration to take part in the competition is only available by calling 0808 590 9693 during the registration window as described on-air. Calls are free from landlines and mobiles. No other method of entry will be accepted. Only one entry is allowed per listener per day. If you enter more than once per day, your subsequent entries will not count.

3. Registration will be open at approximately 07:30 am each day (beginning on 13th November 2023), please listen for exact timings when the presenter(s) announces on-air that the competition is officially open. The competition registration period will be open for approximately 30 minutes and close at 08:00am (except when editorial requirements lead to a change in schedule or a change in programme content). At approximately 08:05 am each day, a contestant will be picked at random.

4. Three callers will be selected at random. The first randomly selected caller will be called by the production team between approximately 08:05 am and 08:10 am before being put through to the studio. If the call is not answered after three attempts over the course of 5 minutes the production team will move to the second randomly selected caller, and will try to call them back between approximately 08:10 am and 08:15 am. If the production team are unable to get hold of the second randomly selected caller by 08:15 am, they will move to the third randomly selected caller, and will try to call them back between 08:15 am and 08:20 am.

5. The competition will be played at approximately 08:30 am on-air as a listener attempts to guess a bleeped out word from a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ archive audio clip, although this may change due to breaking news stories.

6. If the prize is not won on that day, then the prize will be rolled over to the next day when a clue will be revealed to the listeners. For every day the word is not correctly identified and thus the prize not won, an extra clue to the bleeped out word will be revealed to the listeners.

7. The phone from which the call is made in the registration process must be the entrant’s phone. The entrant must be entering on their own behalf. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ reserves the right to disqualify any entrant who did not register using their own phone, who answered a call to someone else’s phone or who has someone else answer their phone on their behalf. Further, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ reserves the right to disqualify an entrant if it discovers the information provided in the registration process is incorrect. This may mean that a winner is disqualified for not providing the correct information for verification purposes, that prize will go back into the pot and a subsequent round of the competition will take place as soon as possible.

The Prize(s)

8. The prizes are as described in the prizes section on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 live website which can be found at /wintheheadlines. The prize description may include additional requirements which alter the eligibility of that particular round of the competition, impose additional rules or restrictions specific to that prize. You must read the particular prize description carefully before entering. The particular prize may require collection or additional actions to be taken for fulfilment. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is not responsible for winners failing to follow instructions. There will be no additional elements, fees or expenses covered unless expressly stated in the particular prize description.

9. If the winners and/or their guest (if applicable) have any health or accessibility requirements, these need to be disclosed to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ prior to prize fulfilment. In order to fully experience the prize that includes experiences or ticketed events, there may be some Health & Safety requirements imposed by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, the promoter or the venue. These will need to be followed prior to those elements being experienced. The winner and their guest(s) (if applicable) must also comply with the health, safety and security policies at any venue associated with the prize.

10. If the prize includes tickets or entry to an event, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will not be responsible for any failure of the winner and/or guests (if applicable) to gain entry or re-entry to the event due to their behaviour or failing to meet the admission requirements. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will not be responsible for suspension or cancellation of events that may form part of the prize, including through governmental restrictions. If the prize includes access to a sporting event, the winners and guests (if applicable) must not be subject to any order banning them from attending such sporting events.

11. If the prize includes international travel, it is the responsibility of the winners and guests to ensure that they can enter the country concerned: that they have a valid passport and entry documentation (including but not limited to sufficient length of time on the passport and visas or visa waivers), and that they have appropriate travel insurance. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ shall not be responsible for ensuring passport validity, providing or arranging visas or similar entry documentation or arranging travel insurance for the winners or their guests.

12. The prizes are non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and are not redeemable for cash or other prizes.

13. Winners are excluded from subsequent rounds of the competition.

General

14. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s decision as to entrants and winners is final. No correspondence relating to the competition will be entered into.

15. Entrants agree to take part in any post-competition publicity if required.

16. This competition is conducted in line with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s code of conduct for competitions, which can be found on https://www.bbc.com/editorialguidelines/guidance/code-of-conduct

17. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, their sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any server, network, system or otherwise which may result in any registration not being properly logged or not recorded.

18. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ reserves the right to (i) amend these terms and conditions in any way; (ii) disqualify any entrant or winner who breaches these rules, has acted fraudulently in any way or brings the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ into disrepute (in its sole discretion); (iii) disqualify any entrant or winner, withdraw or substitute any prize should an entrant winner or guest at any stage exhibit inappropriate or dangerous behaviour (including, but not limited to, being under the influence of drugs, alcohol or causing a nuisance) before, whilst on air or afterwards in relation to this competition; (iv) impose additional entry requirements, restrictions or additional rules should the specific prize on offer requires it (including, but not limited to, additional age or other event entry requirements); and (v) cancel or vary the competition at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, or if circumstances arise beyond its control.

19. To the extent permitted by law, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ will not be liable for any loss or damage (whether such damage or losses were foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise) including financial, reputational loss or disappointment.

20. Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when entering this competition.

21. The competition is run by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. The applicable law is that of England and Wales.