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“Dopey Derek” Scoops Double Lotto Win
The Mirror calls Derek Ladner “dopey”, however, one imagines that the lucky Lotto winner doesn’t really care what anyone calls him anymore.
The 57-year-old is no doubt celebrating at this very moment after winning a £1million double share of the jackpot after buying two winning lottery tickets.
Pensioner Scoops Record Bingo Win
While one lucky bugger is celebrating his Lotto win, pensioner Pauline Clarke is herself, at this very moment, necking Dom Perignon and throwing wads of cash around a bedroom full of naked Chippendales. Possibly.
Anyway, the mother of two will more than likely have a rather large smile on her face today after scooping the £1million prize-money on a bingo website.
Smoking Ban Bashes Bingo Halls
The smoking ban may be benefiting the health of the nation, but the prognosis for a number of industries affected by the new law is anything but good.
The bingo business in particular looks particularly vulnerable to the ban with at least 10 bingo halls already shutting in Scotland. And now, the Mirror reports on the first English casualty – the Stardust club in Wellington, Northants.
Not a lot of people have three-quarters of a million pounds lying around in their attic. Indeed, many people don’t even have an attic. But for an unnamed elderly man from Emsworth, Chichester, a pair of vases found during a house clearance turned out to be worth just that.
Plastic surgery would top many people's wish list if they won the Lottery. However, for Tony and Greta Dodd, instead of splashing out on a new pair of breasts or a barrel of Botox (and that's just for Tony), they have plumped for some new knees. Amateur Treasure Hunters In Line For Big Payday
There’s always been something slightly dodgy-looking about those (invariably) men who spend their time ambling around fields and beaches with a metal detector in their sweaty hand. They exude a similar quality to train-spotters and one worries about what exactly they get up to in their own homes.
It Pays To Like Carol Vorderman
Here’s yet another tale from the Mirror of an ordinary Joe who hits the jackpot to make the rest of us fume with intense jealousy and outrage. Except this time we can all, somewhat justifiably, judge the lucky man, 40-year-old Adam Phillips, on his husband and parenting skills.
£5,000 Tip For Pizza Hut Waitress
It’s not all doom and gloom at the Daily Mail. Even staff at that paper can sometimes find the time to bring us a good old-fashioned feelgood story.
In this case, it’s 20-year-old waitress Jessica Osborne who’s feeling good after three regulars at the Pizza Hut restaurant in Indiana left her a rather hefty £5,000 tip.
£1billion Charity Donation By Scotland’s Richest Man
Who says the Scottish are tight? Sir Tom Hunter, former owner of the Sports Division sports chain and Scotland’s richest man, certainly isn’t.
The self-made billionaire has pledged to give away at least £1billion to charity, making it the single largest philanthropic commitment made by a Briton.
Schoolboy Earns For Swinging On The Gate
Rifling through findings on Local Education Authorities released through the Freedom of Information Act, the newspaper finds that one secondary school student, from Leicestershire, was awarded £5,700 in compensation after breaking into a school and then injuring himself whilst swinging on a gate.
Lotto Winner Keeps It In The Family
If you won the lottery, you too would probably move to a swanky new house, but would you bring all your relatives with you? That's exactly what the family-oriented Jenny Southall has done after scooping the £8million jackpot.
The 43-year-old mum-of-three bought a swanky £1million five-bedroom house in Newport, Gwent, for herself and she has also snapped up a number of houses nearby for thirty of her relatives.
We’ve All Been Mugged By The National Lottery
The Sun is livid. And Bitter. Bitter and Livid, as nothing less than a convicted mugger claims his £4million lottery prize.
And Neil Murray is not even a decent kind-hearted mugger. He robbed an 88-year-old woman, snatching her purse which contained just £6 before apparently pumping the cash into arcade fruit machines.