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Cathy Owen & Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

'I won £1million on the lottery and then I was diagnosed with breast cancer'

A woman has spoken of how she was diagnosed with cancer only weeks after her family won the National Lottery.

As he was laid up in bed recovering from Covid last January, Mark Francis, from Swansea, found out he won the Euromillions Millionaire Maker draw - and quickly phoned fiancée Helen Taylor to tell her they had scooped £1 million.

The pair have since been able to buy a home, follow Wales to all Six Nations games and upgrade their cars - but the last 18 months have not been without their challenges.

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