A grand prize for your lockdown love story

A jeweller has launched a search for Sunderland’s most romantic lockdown love stories.

Beaverbrooks, which has a store in the Bridges Shopping Centre, has launched the search to mark the UK’s first Valentine’s Day in lockdown and is hoping to celebrate Sunderland’s best lockdown love story by treating the couple to a £1,000 date night to remember.

Whether it is a new relationship that blossomed over a Zoom quiz, or whether an unlikely relationship formed while volunteering or working on the front-line, couples who found love in 2020 could be in with a chance of receiving the special prize – including a piece of jewellery to gift each other, a dine-in meal for two, wine, flowers and chocolate.

Couples who do not live together, or who are not in the same support bubble, will also get the chance to enjoy romantic one-on-one time together virtually with a ‘digital date’ as part of the package.

Emma Cornwall, regional manager at Beaverbrooks Sunderland, said: “Finding love during a global pandemic is no mean feat and even though we’re not able to see our customers face-to-face in store at the moment, we still want to recognise special moments and celebrate the blossoming relationships that have formed against the odds.”

To be in with a chance of winning the date night of a lifetime, go to www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/lockdown-lovestories before the closing date of 9am on Friday, February 5, and explain your lockdown love story in 100 words.

Beaverbrooks’ 72 stores are currently closed, but the jewellers is continuing through its website and Click and Collect in selected stores.