PEOPLE inspired by Hillingdon Council's recent World War One exhibition have entered a competition to create poetry, stories and art that take the subject of the Great War as its theme.

The borough ran a competition based on the Home Fires and Foreign Fields exhibition at Uxbridge Library last year, inviting adults and children to take part Entries covered a range of subjects, including the effects of shell shock and life for soldiers on the front line.

Some of them also had local links, referring to army recruitment in Uxbridge and the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) hospital at Harefield.

All poetry and short story winners were awarded Waterstones vouchers, while art category winners received vouchers for Boville Wright art shop in Uxbridge.

The winning entries and runners-up are on display in the Local Studies, Archives and Museum section of Uxbridge Library until the end of May.

Rob Adam, winner of the adult art category with his painting, Youthful Harvest, said: "Both my grandfathers were survivors of World War One, and my father was a squadron leader in World War Two, so I consider myself to be one of the privileged people they fought for.”

Skye Gregory, winner of the KS2 short story category with her story, The Tunnel, said: "My teacher mentioned the competition and I thought it would be really cool to enter as history and English are my favourite subjects at school.”