Two neighbours in Nottinghamshire have scooped £70,000 in lottery prizes - and revealed what they are planning to do with the money. The winners each pocketed prize cheques for £30,000, as well as a £5,000 holiday after their postcode is Bilsthorpe was announced as a winner in the People’s Postcode Lottery on Wednesday, March 1.
Diane Yarwood, 70, and her husband Jonathan were ‘overcome with emotion’ after becoming £35,000 richer. The couple couldn’t believe their luck when they found out how much they’d won.
Mr Yarwood gasped and said: “Oh my God! Oh my God! I could cry. It’s been so tough the last few years for us, it’s been horrendous with my illnesses and everything else, so this is just phenomenal."