National Lottery couple kept playing for weeks without realising they'd won jackpot

on this link here.He says: “I had a goal. I always wanted to ride Aldaniti in the National and I kept thinking when I was in hospital, I’m going to get fit somehow and do it.

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Antiques Roadshow guest was shocked to learn the value of his antique clock has tripled its price after 23 years.The pensioner explained he paid a whopping £6,000 for the steel clock at an antiques fair in Olympia, London in 1998.Showing on Sunday's BBC programme, expert Judith Miller said the clock was a rare product designed between the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts period.The man said he was drawn to the "classic" design of the clock, adding: "That would look nice on my sideboard."It's actually been sitting on my sideboard for over 20 years and keeps good time."Judith then gave an insight to the clock and said: "Arthur Lazenby employed these great designers, producing for Liberty's in London, and this was high fashion, and it would, in

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA young mum plans to pass her driving test and buy a Jeep after winning £1 million on a scratch card during her work break.Sara Thomas, 26, is a care home assistant from Treharris, South Wales who was stunned to find she'd won the top prize on the National Lottery's 50X Scratchcard.She explained: "I popped to the local shop on my break to buy some bits and grabbed a Scratchcard whilst at the till.

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA plane full of passengers and flight attendants broke out into applause when a couple were booted off plane for allegedly ignoring face mask rules.The incident took place last week on a Southwest Airlines flight moments before the takeoff from an airport.Video taken by passenger Brendan shows a male crew talking to a blonde woman in the front row about face mask regulations.The woman can be heard saying: "You’re saying I didn’t comply and put my mask on when you asked me to?"Are you seriously telling them that I didn’t put my mask on when you asked me to? You are a liar!"As she gets up and removes her bags from the overhead cabin,

married, as they celebrated their platinum anniversary. Davie Hunter, 93, and his wife Margaret, 89, marked a massive seven decades of "blissful" marriage on March 31.

Catherine Zeta-Jones celebrated Easter Sunday with her followers on Instagram, sharing a sweet throwback snapshot of her and her "bunny", husband Michael Douglas.The Welsh actress, 51, posted a picture showing the couple stood together on a rooftop overlooking Jerusalem, with their arms wrapped around each other.She wrote: "Happy Easter! Remembering my time in Jerusalem today, with my bunny, oops sorry, my honey Michael." WATCH: Catherine Zeta Jones makes hilarious comment about Michael Douglas and family genesCatherine and Michael, 76, celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on 18 November 2020 – and they are more loved up than ever.To celebrate their landmark anniversary last year, Catherine shared a montage video featuring numerous

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Every relationship has its ups and downs. Following the Sunday, April 4, episode of Sister Wives — which centered around Kody Brown‘s struggles with first wife Meri Brown — a new promo revealed another one of his wives is unhappy.

Beyoncé started the trend when she surprise released her self-titled smash hit record in December 2013.And over the weekend,Justin Bieber shocked and delighted fans worldwide when he surprise dropped a new EP (extended play) entitled Freedom,on Easter Sunday.TheCanadian crooner, 27, heralded the arrival of the new material with a simple screen capture uploaded to Instagram from the Notes section of his phone, showing the word 'Freedom.' Over the weekend: Justin Bieber shocked and delighted fans worldwide when he surprise dropped a new EP (extended play) entitled Freedom, on Easter SundayThe new album, includingsix songs, features gospel music to coincide with the holiday.Freedom, the title track, is a collab with Beam, and other featured

Arthur Kopit, an award-winning playwright known for Indians and Nine, died on Friday morning. He was 83.

coronavirus restrictions were introduced in November last year.And the pair admit the pandemic has perfectly suited their unique lifestyle, WalesOnline reports.“I’m so much healthier and so much happier when I have the van, it’s a slower pace of life,” said Ruth, 54.“You get up, you open the door, you’re outside.

Saturday Night Takeaway viewers have slammed an "inappropriate" song performed during the show's grand finale.Fans of the ITV primetime show watched pop star Raye and DJs Joel Corry and David Guetta perform their latest single Bed.However, some viewers watching at home moaned that the lyrics were not appropriate for a family show.The chart-topping song includes the lyric: "I got a bed, but I'd rather be in yours."Fans took to Twitter to complain, with one person saying: "What a whole-heartedly inappropriate song to kick off an evening of Saturday night family entertainment with. Bizarre."Another posted: "'I’ve got a bed but I’d rather be in yours tonight' ummm.

Saturday Night Takeaway viewers were not impressed with the song at the end of the final episode last night. The last episode of the series aired on Saturday night, which saw Ant and Dec present live on ITV with a range of famous faces and no shortage of surprises.

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA meat delivery van driver has won £1 million on a National Lottery Scratchcard, which he bought as he popped into a shop to buy a vape to help him quit smoking.John McFadden, from Southampton, is one of several new millionaires celebrating their Lottery wins during the Easter weekend.The 63-year-old, who drives vans delivering meat from butchers across the country, said: "I knew I had to do something about my smoking. With the change from buying the vape, I bought a Scratchcard and took it home."When I started scratching it off, it said £50,000 under the first number and I thought 'whoopee!'.

PIERS Morgan might have quit Good Morning Britain more than three weeks ago - but his name popped up on Catchphrase last night as if he'd never left. The 56-year-old's former co-star Charlotte Hawkins was quizzed about him in a pre-recorded celebrity special that aired on ITV last night.

She previously admitted to wearing a wig in recent months to hide her newly lightened locks.And Billie Eilish opened up some more about her covert hair-coloring experience on Saturday when she put on a Q&A for fans in her Insta Stories.The 19-year-old singer–songwriter said she had to keep the new hairdo under wraps because it had to be lightened gradually over six weeks to accomplish the perfect platinum blond hue. Keep it secret: Billie Eilish, 19, answered fan questions Saturday on Instagram and confirmed that she wore a wig in recent months because it took weeks to achieve her new platinum blond lookOne fan asked Billie why she had been hiding her hair for so long, and she replied, 'Cause it took six weeks to accomplish...

Laura Whitmore and Princess Beatrice leading the charge for the ‘minimony’ (a mini ceremony held just for loved ones), there’s no doubt more will be following suit. ‘Smaller weddings are having a real moment right now,’ says wedding planner Anne Ladegast-Chiu, ‘and couples are looking to make them as unique as possible.’After 21 June – when larger weddings look set to be given the green light – it’s thought that couples will still forego the big bash, as priorities continue to shift.

Ariana Grande is sharing cute new photos with fiance Dalton Gomez!