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Britain’s youngest lottery winner Jane Park SLAMS ‘people who use others for money’ in candid Instagram post – and brands it ‘nothing short of a disgrace’ Jane Park, 24, from Edinburgh, took to Instagram to share candid post on Friday Shared it with 232k followers and slammed ‘people who use others for money’ Said it’s … Read more
An electrician who bought a Euromillions lottery ticket for the first time ever after ‘a voice in his head’ told him to has landed a staggering £1 million win. Simon Waddup, 31, from Coventry, had been shopping in his local Aldi supermarket when he ‘kept hearing a voice in his head’ telling him to enter the National … Read more
An electrician who bought a Euromillions lottery ticket for the first time ever after ‘a voice in his head’ told him to has landed a staggering £1 million win. Simon Waddup, 31, from Coventry, had been shopping in his local Aldi supermarket when he ‘kept hearing a voice in his head’ telling him to enter the National … Read more
Take-up of a scheme allowing people to delay selling their houses to pay care home fees exposes a ‘postcode lottery’, according to research by a law firm. A selective survey of 10 local authorities reveals that the rate of deferred payment agreements among self-funded care home residents ‘varies wildly’ from 0.9 per cent in East … Read more
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
Two mystery lottery millionaires who each won £1million in November could miss out on their windfalls as they have just days left to claim the cash prize A ticket holder from Broxbourne won £1million on a EuroMillions draw last year The other ticket, bought in Swindon, Wilts, won another million in a later draw National … Read more
Local tips will reopen in some parts of England this weekend but others will remain closed despite a surge in fly-tipping. Some councils said they won’t open refuse sites until there is sufficient staffing and PPE for workers amid the coronavirus crisis. Speaking to the BBC Friday morning, the Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick, confirmed that … Read more
The National Lottery has announced a new £600 million fund to help projects hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Charities and other organisations including arts groups and sports clubs will be aided by the fund, which seeks to support some of the vulnerable people in the country. Other causes that will be boosted by the lottery … Read more
Here’s a sentence I never dreamed I’d write: I couldn’t help feeling a momentary twinge of sympathy for Ryan Hoyle, 38, when I read yesterday that the self-employed joiner had just won £58,366,487 in the EuroMillions draw. Don’t worry. The feeling passed quickly enough and I’m well over it now. But, let’s face it, the … Read more