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National Lottery website and app are BACK online four hours before tonight’s £5m draw after power cut put them out of action all day The National Lottery website and app were down for nine hours on Tuesday Customers trying to access either were told online services are ‘unavailable’ The power outage took place in the … Read more
National Lottery website and app both crash after power failure ahead of £5m Lotto draw tonight Customers trying to access the website are told online services are ‘unavailable’ The power outage took place in the Watford area, an town northwest of London On Twitter, The National Lottery apologised for any inconvenience caused today By James Wood For … Read more
Businesses have begun revealing their plans to get workers back in office after the coronavirus lockdown is eventually lifted, with staff likely to face a string of restrictions such as working in isolation for social distancing. Companies are preparing for ministers to release a series of workplace guides going into ‘granular detail’ about the measures … Read more
One in three of us has Premium Bonds, and so is in with a chance of winning the £1 million top prize every month. The bonds, which offer savers prize draw rewards rather than interest, are the nation’s favourite savings product, with 21 million holders. And after National Savings & Investments (NS&I) this month abandoned … Read more
GPs posted naked selfies to draw attention to healthcare workers fighting on the German coronavirus frontline without protective equipment and clothing Blanke Bedenken aim to tell Germany’s health ministers their calls for PPE weren’t heard The group said ‘when we run out of what little we have, we look like this’ Firms producing the equipment … Read more
Ministers draw up plans to send children back to school by May 11 – but Education Secretary Gavin Williamson faces revolt as some want return delayed until June Friends of Gavin Williamson say that he wants children back in school by May 11 However, other ministers want the return of school pupils delayed until June … Read more
UK ticket holder stakes claim for £58.3m EuroMillions jackpot after striking lucky in Friday’s draw The winner has scooped £58,366,487.50 after matching all five main numbers Winning numbers in Friday’s draw were 16, 28, 32, 37 and 45 and 01 and 11 It is the second EuroMillions jackpot winner in the UK this year after one … Read more
Single ticket-holder in South Ayrshire claims £57.8m Euromillions jackpot prize from March 17 draw A single ticket holder has lodged a claim for the March 17 Euromillions draw Lottery operator Camelot said they are currently looking to verify the claim According to Camelot, the winning ticket was sold in South Ayreshire, Scotland Do you know … Read more
Apprentice life guard, 17, currently furloughed from her job wins set for life National Lottery draw and will pocket £10,000 every month for a year Harmony Dawes, from Brighton, won the prize on Lottery’s Set for Life game Her father burst into her room in the middle of the night to break the news Assuming … Read more
Ministers are drawing up plans to part-nationalise British Airways and other flagging airlines whose demand has nosedived because of coronavirus flight freezes, it has been claimed. The government is understood to be preparing to inject billions into the crippled companies as part of a mammoth bailout to save them from total collapse. Easyjet and Virgin … Read more