A MUM-of-one from Witham has banked a £1m EuroMillions win.

Jacqui Shannon played online and won one of the two UK Millionaire Maker prizes from the EuroMillions draw on Tuesday November 1.

Lucky Jacqui, 46, ignored all the initial emails with ‘news about your ticket’ until almost three weeks later.

She said: “When I saw the email telling me I’d had a win I assumed that it was something small so just didn’t get around to checking it. Had I known I was a millionaire for those weeks, I wouldn’t have had to worry about how we were going to get my car MOT’d!”

Now a fully-fledged lottery millionaire, Jacqui is wasting no time in making plans for herself and those around her, fulfilling two long-held dreams; to provide a safe future for her son and to own new cars. With both the family cars on their last legs new cars are a must – a BMW 320 for him and a Mini for her.

Alongside the investment in her son’s future and new cars, Jacqui is looking forward to booking a trip to visit her sister in Dubai, flying first class, and although she originally had no intention to move house, is also making a few appointments to view houses in the area, just in case.