Pantomimes are back… oh yes they are! Traditional festive stage shows will return in time for Christmas as theatres get cash for seats they must leave empty The National Lottery operator approached Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden Cash-strapped theatres will receive money from a private fund to cover costs Pantomimes are expected to take place at … Read more
Food bank for VEGANS opens up to help out struggling Britons who prefer a plant-based diet The food bank is based in Bath, Somerset and helps around 16 families a week Helen Wright, who set up the food bank, said you don’t have to be vegan to use it They give out food parcels with … Read more
EuroMilllions winner Adrian Bayford can finally sell his sprawling £6.5m country estate after being given the go-ahead to keep a state-of-the-art games room he built without planning permission. The multi millionaire, who eight years ago shared a £148m fortune with his wife Gillian, had faced being told to tear down the building which he had … Read more
A couple have won £1million just 24 hours after the husband was made redundant – following a tragic year that saw him lose both his brother and sister-in-law and his wife suffer a life-changing diagnosis. David and Shelley Adams, from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, hit the jackpot when they won the Lotto prize last weekend, hours … Read more
That spectral sound you can hear is the ghost of Margaret Thatcher saying ‘I told you so’. This image came to me when reading the Sunday Times’s revelation of how a ‘loophole’ had allowed children of 16 and 17 to gamble up to £350 a week in pursuit of National Lottery jackpots on their laptops … Read more
The National Lottery is taking advantage of a loophole that allows children as young as 16 to gamble hundreds of pounds a week online. There are fears the loophole could lead to an epidemic of gambling among future generations, with the latest figures revealing that 16 and 17 year olds spent £47 million on 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
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
British ticketholder scoops £15.2million EuroMillions jackpot – just days after another UK player won £16.5million A British lottery player last night scooped the £15.2 million Euromillions jackpot On Tuesday, another Briton won a half-share of that night’s £33 million jackpot Each of the players has 180 days from the date of the draw to collect … 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