GUARDS are standing by as limited supplies of Golden Ticket Wonka bars leave the Nestl Rowntree chocolate factory, in York.

The magic of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is being brought to life with golden tickets secretly hidden away in five of the bars.

Strict security is being put in place as shopkeepers busily fill their shelves with newly-launched Wonka Golden Ticket Bars and, as in the original story, children throughout the UK eagerly await the chance to win a trip to explore a real-life chocolate factory.

Willy Wonka is offering each of the five lucky winners a fun-packed weekend in York for two children and two adults which will include an enchanting "money can't buy" tour of the York chocolate factory.

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For important news flashes and up-to-date information head straight for Willy Wonka's website -www.wonka.co.uk. You can find out all the information on the golden ticket winners, tour the cyber chocolate factory and play games.

For all the "Charlie Buckets" and "Veruca Salts" that don't discover a golden ticket there's a free prize draw giving everyone the opportunity to win one of 500 limited edition Wonka rucksacks packed to the brim with Wonka goodies

Updated: 14:07 Wednesday, January 09, 2002