Ms Copp, who works part-time in a Swansea store, plans to put her prize money towards future work.

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Prizes unclaimed after 28 days will be deemed to have been forfeited and the BBC reserves the right to either offer the prize to the entrant whose name is next drawn at random, or to re-offer the prize in any future competition on BBC Online.

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At its June 2010 meeting the awarding of the prize was delayed by the Executive Board in order to allow ongoing consultations with all concerned parties regarding the future of the prize.

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