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| A self-confessed "white van man" and his estate agent partner have been named the winners of Britain's biggest ever lottery jackpot. | |
| Nigel Page, 43, and his partner Justine Laycock, 41, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, won £56m in Friday's EuroMillions draw. | |
| The couple, who both plan to give up work, came forward to claim their prize on Saturday. | The couple, who both plan to give up work, came forward to claim their prize on Saturday. |
| The total £112m jackpot was split with another ticket, bought in Spain. | The total £112m jackpot was split with another ticket, bought in Spain. |
| Talking about the win at a press conference in Bath, Ms Laycock said: "It's an amazing amount of money. We could never have wished for this." | |
| Mr Page, who runs a property maintenance business, said when he discovered the win he "started shaking and couldn't speak". | |
| The couple said they planned to buy a new house and travel with their children, possibly to Australia and New Zealand or Barbados. | |
| Ms Laycock said: "It would be lovely to get a five or six bedroom house with a pool and lots of space but we really enjoy the area we live in now so we won't move far. | |
| I started shaking and couldn't speak - I just kept looking at it on in the screen in front of me but I couldn't say a word EuroMillions winner Nigel Page | I started shaking and couldn't speak - I just kept looking at it on in the screen in front of me but I couldn't say a word EuroMillions winner Nigel Page |
| "We'd also like to buy somewhere abroad where we can go on holiday but it'll have to be in the school holidays." | "We'd also like to buy somewhere abroad where we can go on holiday but it'll have to be in the school holidays." |
| Cars are also near the top of their wish-list, they said. | Cars are also near the top of their wish-list, they said. |
| Mr Page currently drives a white van and was due to make the last payment on it next month. | |
| He now plans to swap it for a Range Rover Sport or a BMW X5. | He now plans to swap it for a Range Rover Sport or a BMW X5. |
| He said: "I'm going to treat myself to a new car, I think, because I'm a 'white van man'. I haven't had a car to myself for at least 10 years." | |
| Ms Laycock, who works for a local estate agents, said she had already told her boss she was not going back to work. | Ms Laycock, who works for a local estate agents, said she had already told her boss she was not going back to work. |
| She said: "Bless him, he's devastated." | |
| Mr Page was left speechless after learning of his win | Mr Page was left speechless after learning of his win |
| She added: "We've got a lovely long list of people we're going to help and make their lives so much more comfortable. | She added: "We've got a lovely long list of people we're going to help and make their lives so much more comfortable. |
| "We've got this fantastic opportunity and we're going to utilise it 100%." | "We've got this fantastic opportunity and we're going to utilise it 100%." |
| The couple have three children from previous relationships - Mr Page's daughter Ella, 12, and Ms Laycock's son and daughter, Jacob, 11, and Georgia, 15. | The couple have three children from previous relationships - Mr Page's daughter Ella, 12, and Ms Laycock's son and daughter, Jacob, 11, and Georgia, 15. |
| Mr Page said he recently started playing the game online and had already won £55 in last Wednesday's Lotto draw. | Mr Page said he recently started playing the game online and had already won £55 in last Wednesday's Lotto draw. |
| He said: "I'd already checked my National Lottery account and had seen I'd won £55 on Lotto when I decided to buy two Lucky Dips for the big EuroMillions jackpot on Friday. | He said: "I'd already checked my National Lottery account and had seen I'd won £55 on Lotto when I decided to buy two Lucky Dips for the big EuroMillions jackpot on Friday. |
| "I didn't think about it again until Saturday morning when I was watching the news with my daughter and saw that there was one UK winner who shared the jackpot with a ticket in Spain. | "I didn't think about it again until Saturday morning when I was watching the news with my daughter and saw that there was one UK winner who shared the jackpot with a ticket in Spain. |
| "I logged on to my account and saw the Lotto win for £55 in my account and just below it was the £56m EuroMillions prize. I started shaking and couldn't speak." | "I logged on to my account and saw the Lotto win for £55 in my account and just below it was the £56m EuroMillions prize. I started shaking and couldn't speak." |
| Mr Page then woke his partner of eight years to tell her the news. | |
| Ms Laycock said: "All he said was, 'I need you urgently, I need to show you something'. | |
| "I thought something awful had happened but he took me to the computer. There it was on the screen. | "I thought something awful had happened but he took me to the computer. There it was on the screen. |
| "His hands were shaking so much he couldn't pick up the phone so I called the lottery line and they confirmed it was true." | "His hands were shaking so much he couldn't pick up the phone so I called the lottery line and they confirmed it was true." |
| It is the fourth time in three months that a British winner has scooped more than £25m in the EuroMillions draw. | It is the fourth time in three months that a British winner has scooped more than £25m in the EuroMillions draw. |
| In November, Les Scadding, 53, and wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding, 38, from Caerleon, south Wales, won £45.5m. | In November, Les Scadding, 53, and wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding, 38, from Caerleon, south Wales, won £45.5m. |
| A further £45.5m was won in the same draw by a syndicate of seven IT workers at Hewlett Packard in Liverpool. | A further £45.5m was won in the same draw by a syndicate of seven IT workers at Hewlett Packard in Liverpool. |
| Then in January, four family members from Dorking in Surrey won £26.1m. | Then in January, four family members from Dorking in Surrey won £26.1m. |
| Across Europe, the record EuroMillions win is £113m by a single ticket-holder from Spain in May last year. | Across Europe, the record EuroMillions win is £113m by a single ticket-holder from Spain in May last year. |
| EuroMillions is played in nine countries - the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Irish Republic, Portugal and Switzerland. | EuroMillions is played in nine countries - the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Irish Republic, Portugal and Switzerland. |