A YEAR 3 pupil at St Martin’s School, Northwood, was one of nine winners of a story-writing competition run by the NHS.

Esa Yazdani was among 180 entries from children across Hillingdon who were invited to give advice to Aggie the Alien on what he should do if he became ill away from home.

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Esa received his prize from Natasha Baker, Paralympic gold medallist from Cowley, at the Intu shopping centre in Uxbridge.

He was presented with three books, a T-shirt, cinema tickets and a certificate. His winning story and illustration were included in the Help Aggie the Alien booklet.