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British lottery winner claims £170million EuroMillions prize

Andy Carter, from The National Lottery, said, 'This is the biggest win ever on The National Lottery and we look forward to helping the ticket-holder start to enjoy their new found wealth.'




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Binky Felstead and Una Healy enjoy night off from parenting duties at the National Lottery Awards

The former Made In Chelsea star, 29, and the singer, 38, attended the National Lottery Awards 2019 at London's BBC Television Centre on Tuesday evening.




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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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Britons spending record amounts on lotto tickets as operator Camelot reports best-ever results

Both ticket sales and returns to good causes have risen, according to half-yearly results for the National Lottery. Prizes to players increased by 13.4 per cent - a total of £2.2 billion.




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National Lottery winner celebrates £3m jackpot win with a boob job after buying ones for sisters

Sarah Cockings (pictured), 36, who lives in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, with her partner and three children, won £3,045,705 on April 30, 2005, when she was just 21.




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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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National Lottery marks 25th birthday with free entry to venues it has funded

National Lottery is giving ticket holders free entry to more than 500 UK venues, which have received funding, for its 25th birthday and to say thanks to players who contribute £40billion to good causes.




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Euromillions £105million winner Steve Thomson to give business partner

Neil Peet, 50, has been good friends with lottery winner Steve Thomson for years and was one of many at a boozy party he threw to celebrate at home in West Sussex.




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More than HALF of over-16s gamble every year while millions are overweight or drink too much alcohol

NHS Digital data released today showed more than half (53 per cent) of adults spent money on betting in the last year in England. One in 10 men and one in 20 women admitted to drinking nearly every day.




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Cyber criminal, 29, faces jail for using hacking program

Anwar Batson, 29, of Notting Hill, West London, used a hacking program called 'Sentry MBA' while carrying out the offences. He admitted four charges at Southwark Crown Court today.




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Lottery winner jailed for dangling daughter, 3, over high balcony

Keith Butterley, 43, from Sheffield, threatened to jump from the building with the toddler, before making on a bike with the child balanced on the handle bars.




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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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Couple win £2million Lottery jackpot before son gets cancer all-clear

John and Allison McDonald, of Stockton on Tees, County Durham, matched all six numbers on a Lucky Dip ticket then found out three days later that their son Ewan, 15, was cancer free.




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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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Check your numbers, EuroMillions players are told as British ticket lands £58million jackpot

The National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers on Tuesday were 05, 07, 08, 16 and 20 - while the Lucky Stars were 02 and 12. One player matched all five numbers and the two Lucky Stars.




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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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EuroMillions winner who scooped £58m plans to build his own home

Self-employed joiner Ryan Hoyle, 38, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, whose mother works as a school cleaner and father works in a factory, won £58,366,487 in a EuroMillions jackpot.




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National Lottery announces £600m fund to help projects hit by coronavirus

The National Lottery has announced a slew of campaigns for organisations all over the UK hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with a £600 million fund set-up to help.




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National Lottery website and app BACK online four hours before tonight's £5m draw after power cut

The National Lottery website and app are back up and running ahead of tonight's £5million draw after being down for nine hours today due to a power failure.




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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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Corbyn faces being questioned is SUED over 'no sense of English irony' comments

Richard Millett, 50, launched libel action after Mr Corbyn made comments about him on television that he viewed as defamatory, MailOnline revealed last year.




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Jordanian MP who called Israel 'Jewish cancer' welcomed by Labour shadow minister for peace

Yahya Al-Saud (pictured), who is notorious for praising terrorism in Palestine, was greeted at Portcullis House by Labour frontbencher Fabian Hamilton.




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AOC says Palestinians 'have no choice but to riot' against Israel

AOC, who serves as US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, made the comments during an appearance on hip-hop program 'Ebro in the Morning'.




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Yassmin Abdel-Magied says she moved to London because nowhere else is safe

The controversial writer and broadcaster announced her decision to leave Australia for the UK during September 2017 after receiving an onslaught of criticism for a controversial post.




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AOC laughs off Trump claim she's FUMING Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tliab are becoming face of Democrats

Trump tweeted Friday about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'Like it or not, Tlaib and Omar are fast becoming the face of the Democrat Party. Cortez (AOC) is fuming, not happy about this!'




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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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Incoming Harvard freshman deported after visa revoked at Boston airport

Incoming Harvard University freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, had his visa revoked hours after landing in the U.S. on Friday evening.




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Palestinian student, 17, who'd been blocked from entering U.S. arrives at Harvard

A 17-year-old Palestinian and Harvard freshman who was denied entry to the US last month has been allowed into the country to start classes at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.




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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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Girl, eight, faces race against time to avoid being sold for 50 sheep

Eight-year-old Zakura, a young Bedouin girl who wants to become a doctor, is facing a race against time to avoid being sold as a child bride for 50 sheep soon after she starts her periods.




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New label you'll love: Mochi

Celebrating the art of embroidery, Mochi was established in 2013 by Ayah Tabari to support stitching communities across the world.




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D-Day veteran who was honoured for helping to liberate French families in WWII dies aged 94

Daniel Lyons (pictured) from the Isle of Wight who was one of the last surviving Normandy landing veterans, passed away at the age of 94.




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Jeopardy! sparks outrage for ruling that Jesus Christ's Bethlehem birthplace is in Israel

Jeopardy! is being slammed by critics after Friday's episode ruled that the birth place of Jesus Christ is in Israel not Palestine.




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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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Grandson of Hamas founder, who converted to Christianity, is accused of nose-job fraud

Jnaid Salama, 30, also John D. Calvin, was arrested after his check for $10,995 surgery to change the shape and size of his nose was rejected. He gave it to a clinic in Seattle, Washington.




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Labour suspends councillor from party 'after she shared anti-Semitic Facebook posts'

Lyn Boyd, who was elected to Durham County Council by 919 votes in 2017, was reported to the Labour Party on February 2 over a whole host of material allegedly shared on her Facebook timeline.




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World War II veteran who died alone with no next of kin farewelled by strangers in Brisbane

Brian Stanley William Fortune, 95, fought in Palestine in 1944-45 as a member of the Durham Light Infantry, but nothing else is known about his service.




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Glamorous 20s crimebuster Miss Fisher is heading for Blighty 

A new featurelength set to air on Good Friday, stars Game of Thrones' Essie Davis as Miss Phryne Fisher. The heroine swings between the Middle East and England, as she battles crime in the 1920s.




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Activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied says she should 'stay off Twitter' alluding to THAT Anzac Day post 

Ms Abdel-Magied left Australia in 2017 after being heavily criticised over an April 25 tweet where she used the phrase 'lest we forget' to make a political point.




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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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Nancy Reagan slips and falls on way to Tea Party favourite Marco Rubio's speech

The frail former First Lady, 90, was being escorted to her seat in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, California, by Senator Marco Rubio when she lost her balance.




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Florida Senator Marco Rubio's staffer Michael Brennan 'rolled his wife up in a carpet and beat her'

Michael Brennan, a regional director for Florida Senator Marco Rubio, resigned following the battery arrest after allegedly beating his wife on Friday night.




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Vice presidential hopeful Marco Rubio's chances may be harmed by his Mormon past

Viewed by many as a likely- and popular- vice presidential candidate in the upcoming elections, the admission that Florida Senator Marco Rubio was a Mormon may hinder his chances at the seat.




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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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Mitt Romney: Marco Rubio Being 'Thoroughly Vetted' for Vice President

Grassroots Republicans were livid that Rubio, 40, one of his party’s rising stars and its most prominent Latino voice, was being passed over without a serious look.




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Marco Rubio's plane makes safe emergency landing as he misses Iowa rally for possible presidential running mate Mitt Romney

Florida Senator Marco Rubio had to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after a sensor went off on his private jet that indicated electrical problems.




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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.