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Think you know everything about...The National Lottery 

As the National Lottery celebrates its 25th anniversary this month on November 19, here are a list of questions to keep your brain ticking.




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The UK's youngest EuroMillions winner Jane Park has miscarriage

Jane Park, 23, from Edinburgh, took to Instagram on Thursday morning to reveal the sad news and said that her 'pregnancy just wasn't meant to be'.




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Investing the cost of a weekly ticket since the National Lottery

Buying one ticket every week over the life of Britain's National Lottery would have cost £1,625. The same amount, used to buy shares, would have generated £4,000, an investment firm found.




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Meet the people who each scooped a huge jackpot over 25 consecutive years of The National Lottery

Twenty-five winners who hit the jackpot over 25 consecutive years of The National Lottery. The National Lottery celebrates its first ever draw on November 19, 1994.




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Briton claims £105 million EuroMilliions jackpot to become the sixth UK winner this year

National Lottery operator Camelot said the prize will be paid out at a ticket validation appointment before the winner decides whether to go public. A UK ticket-holder won a £170 million jackpot in October.




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Single UK ticket holder scoops the entire £40million EuroMillions jackpot

One lucky individual has bagged themselves a life-changing sum of money in the EuroMillions draw tonight, just weeks after Steve and Lenka Thompson won a incredible £105 million.




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Single father chef, 36, wins £1m lottery jackpot but still works all the way through Christmas Day

Despite winning the £1 million jackpot on Saturday, Didzis Pirags who works as a chef in Broughton, Preston, still worked all the way through Christmas Day and Boxing Day.




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Single mother-of-two launches a new app dubbed 'Tinder for mums who want to get fit'

Rebecca McGoff, 37, from Manchester, told FEMAIL she came up with the concept for Buump Active after she felt lonely and isolated after both her pregnancies.




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Leicester mother 'had no idea her husband stole £1.25million from National Lottery and Yopa

Sofina Sarwar, 34, of Leicester, denies knowing anything about the money Haroon Cassim, 36, took from Camelot and Yopa Property while he worked for both firms between 2010 and 2018.




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UK Sport chief Liz Nicholl stepping down after 17 years at the elite funding agency

Liz Nicholl is stepping down as the chief executive of UK Sport after 19 years at the agency... during which she helped Team GB go from 36th to second in the Olympic medals table




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UK Sport chair Katherine Grainger hopeful of government understanding over future Olympics funding

The current funding cycle ends in March 2021, so no longer covers the Olympics as intended, and the budget is yet to be set for the four-year period to Paris 2024, which many fear is going to be slashed.




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The National Lottery will divert £300m to support Britain's most vulnerable amid coronavirus crisis

The National Lottery is set to join the fight against coronavirus by distributing up to £300million in funds to support the most vulnerable across the UK during the crisis.




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British £58m EuroMillions jackpot winner is revealed as 'hard-working joiner' and father-of-one 

Ryan Hoyle, a 38-year-old joiner from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has been revealed as the EuroMillions winner of £58million, seeing him rank ninth on the National Lottery millionaires' list.




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Baby Trump balloon takes to the skies again as a few hundred people protest the US President

Anti-Trump protests including a 'baby Trump' balloon took place in Dublin today in the President's absence, while Mr Trump returned from France to Doonbeg.




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Philistines and the character Goliath actually originated from EUROPE

Ancient DNA suggests the Philistines descended from migrants who crossed the Mediterranean and reached the shores of modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan more than 3,000 years ago.




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The question Karl Stefanovic refused to answer on Kyle and Jackie O

He is busy promoting his new television series This Time Next Year, taking part in dozens of radio, TV and newspaper interviews. 




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Dunkirk veteran who did not collect his medals finally receives them... on his 100th birthday 

Dunkirk veteran Doug Jones has finally received his medals on his 100th birthday after refusing to collect them because he wanted to avoid 'glorifying' the conflict. He was evacuated on a ferry.




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Outrage after Ash Sarkar features in Rise of the Nazis BBC Two documentary

Prof. Simon Schama has hit out after it was revealed Ash Sarkar will feature in the BBC documentary The Rise of The Nazis despite defending someone who graffited the Warsaw Ghetto.




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Jeopardy! apologizes for ruling that Israel - not Palestine - is the birthplace of Jesus

The long-running game show put the mistake down to 'human error in post-production' after the episode sparked backlash online, particularly from Palestinian advocacy organisations.




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Trouble, the beagle, is found DECAPITATED in family's backyard

Barbara Greaves, from Ohio, reported her female Beagle, Trouble, missing from her East Palestine yard on January 3. Two days later, the dog's detached head was found on the owner's property.




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Is Jackie O a diva?! KIIS producer was told she 'wasn't allowed to look the star in the eye'

While she is known for her down to earth personality, rumours have started to swirl that radio host Jackie 'O' Henderson can also be quite the diva. 




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Staffers reveal what Kyle Sandilands is REALLY like behind-the-scenes

KIIS FM staffers have revealed what it's like working for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson during an eye-opening segment on The Kyle & Jackie O Show. 




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Marco Rubio reveals why he left the Mormon Church as it's confirmed he is NOT being vetted to be Romney's VP

As Marco Rubio's autobiography hit shelves it was revealed he is not being considered as Mitt Romney’s vice president in November’s US elections, according to reports.




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Jon Stewart lauds Marco Rubio's coif as they poke fun at Tampa's reputation as 'lap dance capital of the world'

Stewart interviewed Rubio and said that, while he may have been passed over for the much-speculated vice presidential nomination, the comedian still has high hopes for the Republican Senator.




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Marco Rubio blasted by Left for 'anti-science gaffe' about age of earth - even though Barack Obama said the same thing

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has been criticised for describing the age of the earth as a 'great mystery' even though almost all scientists agree that it is 4.54 billion years old.




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Marco Rubio raises $100k by selling 3,100 water bottles after State of the Union gaffe

Marco Rubio couldn't have planned to cause a viral sensation around his water bottle when he gave last week's response to the State of the Union, but now that it's happening he's capitalizing on the moment.




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Marco Rubio: Hillary Clinton 'is going to have to explain' the State Department's Benghazi failure if she runs for president

'Either, number 1, they were aware of a security situation in Libya and failed to act accordingly, or, number 2, they had such a bad operation that they were not aware of it'




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Marco Rubio demands resignation of IRS directo ras Obama apologizes for agency's 'harassment' of tea party and other conservative groups

IRS demanded lists of all donors, in Q&As that would have been made 'open to public inspection'; Florida senator wants heads to roll; Obama calls it 'outrageous'




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Marco Rubio refuses to say whether he's smoked pot or not

The 2016 hopeful won't say whether or not he's smoked the substance because he feels no good will come from answering the question.




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Marco Rubio and Chris Christie vow war on marijuana if they take White House

'We need to send very clear leadership from the White House on down through the federal law enforcement,' Christie said. 'And the states should not be permitted to sell it and profit from it.'




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Marco Rubio's foreign policy will see a return to the nation's 'core values'

GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio will lay out his foreign policy vision in a speech this afternoon at a forum hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.




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Marco Rubio hits Iowa boy in the face with a football

The presidential hopeful was playing catch with his sons and a few Iowans between pork chops at a picnic on Monday night when he let the pigskin slip.




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Religious right crowd erupts in boos when Trump attacks Marco Rubio as a 'clown' and says 'nobody's weaker' on immigration – but he saves the day by holding up his Bible and defending CHRISTMAS

'You have this clown, Marco Rubio. I've been so nice to him!' Trump said, as boos swallowed the room. He also hammered the truant lawmaker for his record of absences in the Senate.




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Marco Rubiosurges into second place and is the new anti-Trump

A poll from The Economist and YouGov has the Florida senator pushing past Ben Carson and becoming the first mainstream candidate to threaten Trump's GOP primary dominance.




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Marco Rubio marks 'Back to the Future day' with video slamming Hillary Clinton

Marco Rubio doesn't want the country to go back in time when picking its next president. To mark 'Back to the Future Day' Rubio's campaign put out an ad calling Hillary Clinton 'a 'blast from the past.'




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CNBC's Republican debate off the rails as Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio go to war

CNBC's hosts progressively lost control of Wednesday night's event as the GOP field hammered them for asking inaccurate questions and tryign to turn Republican against Republican.




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Marco Rubio on the rack over secrets of party credit card he used for family trip

Marco Rubio effectively swatted down questions about his personal finances during last week's presidential debate. His bookkeeping is now the subject of a new review, though.




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Marco Rubio joins the air war with $20 million buy

Marco Rubio's campaign released its first early state television ad this morning and it's the candidate's father who's front and center through the spot, which is the campaign's first $20 ad buy.




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Marco Rubio wants the Secret Service keeping an eye on his teenage daughters

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on Thursday said he has considered life as a presidential father - and likes the idea of the Secret Service watching over his two teenage daughters




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Now it's Marco Rubio versus Ted Cruz as the gloves come off in White House

Marco Rubio is purposely smacking around Ted Cruz, as the two U.S. senators are rising above the other traditional politicos in the crowded Republican pack, which Donald Trump still leads.




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REVEALED: Marco Rubio's brother-in-law was the 'front man for an international drug-smuggling ring led by leopard-loving cocaine cowboy kingpin whose mansion was filled with big cats and a giraffe'

Orlando Cicilia was arrested for his part in the illicit operation in 1987 during Miami's narcotics heyday when Republican presidential hopeful Rubio was just 16.




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Rand Paul fusses at Marco Rubio for skipping so many Senate votes: 'he ought to resign or give his pay back to the taxpayer'

Rand Paul became the latest Republican to criticize Marco Rubio for skipping Senate votes as he pursues the presidency, suggesting the Florida senator resign or give back his paycheck.




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How Marco Rubio helped his drug-dealing brother-in-law get a real estate licence

While serving in the Florida House of Representatives in 2002, Rubio wrote to regulators on statehouse stationary recommending brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia for a real estate licence.




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Marco Rubio is mocked on Twitter for looking bored during Obama’s State of the Union

The Florida Senator and presidential hopeful looked heavy-eyed and sleepy as he listened to President Barack Obama as he delivered his final State of the Union address to Congress.




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Donald Trump may be the only 'natural-born citizen' as Marco Rubio's 'birther' problem emerges

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio may soon be the new target of critics who contend he is not a U.S. citizen and therefore ineligible for the presidency.




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Marco Rubio crowns Ted Cruz the Iowa 'frontrunner'

Marco Rubio slapped Ted Cruz again today by setting expectations for him to win tomorrow night's Iowa caucuses, which polls predict will go to longtime GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.




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Marco Rubio may bring out the man heels if he exceeds expectations in Iowa

Marco Rubio plans to stand head and shoulders above the competition – that is, if he does well tomorrow night in Iowa. Rubio told folks hey might be seeing those infamous black high-heeled booties.




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Marco Rubio tells Florida Christians to show more compassion toward the gay community

While maintaining his position against same-sex marriage, Sen. Marco Rubio used a speech before a group of Christians to speak of the perils of intolerance toward the gay community.




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Marco Rubio calls Obama's statement on Fidel Castro's death 'pathetic'

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has hit out at President Barack Obama for not taking a more hard-line stance in his statement on former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's death.




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Rubio claims Americans 'got what they voted for' in Trump

Marco Rubio, who ran for the White House himself, has claimed he does not understand why voters are shocked over the drama in Trump's administration over the Comey memo and alleged Russia links.