Budock comedian Colin Leggo has won the UK Pun Championships, beating hundreds of contestants at the finals in Leicester.

Colin claimed the sought-after title of pun champion after battling it out live with other punsters in a rap battle-style joke-off set in a boxing ring.

It was the third consecutive year Colin had taken part in the "pun-ishing" contest.

Colin owes his love of puns to his father George Leggo, who according to him tells a great "dad joke".

He sent a few examples of his award-winning puns in to the Packet:

"I took my friend to the seaside but I ignored him all day and just sat by the rock pool talking to some coral. Keep your friends close and your anemones closer."

"I got addicted to the cold weather. It started in December and snowballed from there."

"When I was a child I got turned down for the school’s hurdle team. I couldn’t get over it."

"I hear they’re now selling Pale Ales in tablet form. That’s a bitter pill to swallow."

"So when I heard my cinema was showing a documentary about Morris Dancing, I said 'I’ll be there with bells on.'"

Colin is known for his work as a stand-up comedian and Youtuber.

Several of his YouTube videos have gone viral, including Grand Theft Cornwall, a parody of the well-known video game and Cornish Is, made popular by Scott Mills on Radio One.