Lottery winner who scooped £2million used photo of winning ticket as IOU to pay vet bill for parrot

Lottery winner who scooped £2million on scratchcard reveals she used photo of her winning ticket as IOU to pay urgent vet bill for her pet parrot Lesley Herbert, from Basingstoke won the maximum jackpot on a scratchcard Her parrot Bibi dislocated its foot while she waited to get the ticket validated The animal lover showed … Read more

Council tax postcode lottery: £150k home pays more than a £77m mansion

One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year.  Whereas the millionaires … Read more

Council tax postcode lottery: £150k home pays more than a £77m mansion

One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year.  Whereas the millionaires … Read more

Student’s lottery numbers come up in £182 Euromillions draw but she forgot to buy weekly ticket

Student whose lottery numbers came up came up in £182million Euromillions draw – the week she forgot to buy a ticket Rachel Kennedy from Hertfordshire thought she had scooped Friday’s jackpot  The Brighton student plays the lottery with the same numbers every week When she rang to claim the win, she was told she hadn’t … Read more

Student’s lottery numbers come up in £182 Euromillions draw but she forgot to buy weekly ticket

Student whose lottery numbers came up came up in £182million Euromillions draw – the week she forgot to buy a ticket Rachel Kennedy from Hertfordshire thought she had scooped Friday’s jackpot  The Brighton student plays the lottery with the same numbers every week When she rang to claim the win, she was told she hadn’t … Read more

The electric car public charging lottery revealed

The huge gulf in costs faced by electric car owners who use public devices to replenish the batteries of their plug-in vehicles has been revealed in a new study. The priciest companies charge up to four times as much as the cheapest provider for the same amount of charge, a market comparison of user costs … Read more

Woman reveals her extended family bizarrely think she is HIDING a lottery win

A British mother has revealed her extended family have cut all contact with her after accusing  her of hiding a lottery win and not sharing the winnings. The woman, who lives in the North West of England, took to Mumsnet to share the bizarre story, and asked other parents for advice about how to ‘deal with’ … Read more

National Lottery operator Camelot sends the Mail Force computers for kids campaign fund soaring 

Mail Force hit the jackpot yesterday with a thumping £1million donation from Camelot. The National Lottery operator’s awesome offer to match reader donations sent the campaign to get laptops to lockdown pupils soaring. In less than a week, £5million has been raised and thousands of computers pledged – and this is just the beginning. Cheques, online … Read more

Covid UK: End vaccine postcode lottery NOW

Ministers are pressurising their own Government to end the vaccine postcode lottery amid fears the most vulnerable in some areas are being left behind. Matt Hancock revealed yesterday that more than 4million people in the UK have now received a vaccine, including more than half of over-80s and care home residents. The Health Secretary said … Read more

Man asks if his brother should split the winnings from a lottery ticket his girlfriend bought him

Man asks money-saving expert Martin Lewis for advice after girlfriend who bought winning £500 Scratchcard as a Christmas present said she should get some of the money – so, do YOU think it should be shared? British money-saving expert Martin Lewis shared a #MoneyMoralDilemma  Revealed a man is torn if he should share lottery winnings … Read more