THEY'RE the band of the moment and Warsash teenager Louise Downey will have them all to herself after winning a local radio competition.

Louise, 14, of Galleon Close, phoned in to Power FM with the right answer to win a day with Westlife, the Irish band managed by Boyzone's Ronan Keating - and which even knocked their boss off the no 1 spot recently.

"I'm so excited. I love all the band but Shane is my favourite," said Louise. "I don't know when I'll be going up to spend the day with them but I'm staying by the phone until I do hear."

Louise, a pupil at Brookfield School, has the group's first two singles and is awaiting the new album, which she hopes to watch being recorded.

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