Ticket holders around the UK are anxiously checking their numbers as the balls for one of the largest ever prizes is revealed. The numbers are: 40, 18, 11, 02, 46, and the Lucky Stars are: 04, 01
Edward Putman, 54, of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, is accused of working with an insider to con the lottery operator Camelot into handing over an unclaimed jackpot.
Giles Knibbs (pictured) who worked at Camelot in Watford, told his ex-partner John Coleyshaw that Edward Putman had not paid him his agreed share of the fraudulent winnings.
Edward Putman, (pictured filming members of the press outside court today) 54, of Hertfordshire, claimed the jackpot on 28 August 2009 - just 10 days before his ticket from 11 March was due to expire.
The move follows a study showing chain stores are closing outlets at a record rate of 16 a day, ripping the heart out of communities and creating ghost towns.
Kashaf Ali Khan later admitted money laundering by using criminal money to buy the house in his father's name in Solihull. He's now sold the property to pay off the confiscation order.
Vicky Mitchell, from Halifax, (pictured with her partner, Adam Fry) used the last £1.50 left in her online account from a previous win to buy a line for the August 12 draw.
Sam Lawton, 19, won £120,000 in the National Lottery's newest game, Set For Life. The father-of-one data analyst, from Leamington Spa, won £10,000 a month after matching five numbers.
The Venetian Waterways reopened today after a 10-month £2.7million restoration. The mayor cut the red ribbon at the celebratory gala as boats and pedalos once again took to the water.
A British holiday resort is due to reopen as it completes the 10-month £2.7million restoration. Great Yarmouth's Waterways was a big hit in the 1950s and people say it is 'magnificent'.
Simon Jones, 40, from Cardiff, appears grinning in the new wedding-themed commercial alongside other guests that was aired on Monday to advertise the £69million Euromillions jackpot.
Dean Weymes from Peterborough didn't realise he'd won his first ever game of Set for Life until he checked his phone at work the next day and immediately told his bosses that he was sick.
The movie buff from Peterborough, who studied Video and Film at university in Dundalk, in Ireland, said he hopes the money will help improve the life of his 23-year-old brother, Robert.
Wealthy businessman James Froomberg, 63, who lives in a five-bedroom detached house in Edgware, North London, admitted three charges of making the indecent images.
Sir John Major decided ministers should be seen buying tickets to publicise the launch of the prize in November 1994.
Culture minister Mims Davies said she was launching a consultation on whether the existing age limit of 16 for all UK National Lottery games should be raised for some or all games and products.
ANDREW PIERCE: Sir John Major is not often considered the most influential prime minister of the 20th century. But we shouldn't forget one achievement: the creation of the National Lottery.
Earlier this year, the Government signalled that it would hike the age at which Britons can buy a £2 ticket from the twice-weekly draw to 18. But now it will only be raised for instant win games.
If the winner is an individual, their new-found fortune would catapult them into the Sunday Times Rich List of the 1,000 wealthiest people living in the UK or with British business links.
Camelot is urging players to check their tickets for the life-changing amount of cash but the gaming giant said all it can reveal is the winner paid at a National Lottery retailer as opposed to online.
The heads of the National Trust and the National Lottery Heritage Fund praised The Mail on Sunday's Save Our Parks campaign as they announced an £11.2 million project.
Jamie Roberts has admitted his Test career is over and does not expect to be selected by Wales again. The 94-cap centre remains available for selection.
PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: In a video posted on Cardiff & Vale Health Charity's social media, Bale thanked all staff for their hard work and sacrifice during the Covid-19 crisis.
Wales' leading internationals are set for a 25 per cent salary reduction for three months while Premiership Rugby is working on possible scenarios to restart the season.
FA bosses are ready to offer the use of Wembley Stadium in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Wales and Juventus star Aaron Ramsey has donated £10,000 to a Cardiff health charity raising money to help NHS workers during the coronavirus crisis.
Michael Chopra believes his former team-mate Peter Whittingham who died this week should be remembered as Cardiff City's greatest ever player.
While European leagues are currently in shutdown, the A-League is going ahead but with with games played behind closed doors. Adam Le Fondre scored the opener during the Sydney derby.
Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan has paid an emotional tribute to former club icon Peter Whittingham, who passed away on Thursday aged 35.
Bothroyd, who played with Whittingham for three years at Cardiff, paid tribute to his former team-mate on social media and believes his Bluebirds jersey should not be used again.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was Whittingham's manager from January 2014 until September that year, with the midfielder part of the Premier League squad that were relegated in the 2014-15 season.
The former England Under 21 international had been on a life support machine in hospital for the past 12 days but his pregnant wife Amanda was at his bedside when it was turned off on Thursday.
Police confirmed on Wednesday that he is fighting for his life in hospital after an accident in a seaside pub on the evening of March 7, the night England played Wales in the Six Nations.
South Wales Police have confirmed that the former Cardiff City midfielder is in hospital after suffering a 'head injury' as a result of an accidental fall at a pub in Barry on March 7.
INTERVIEW BY STEFFAN THOMAS: Jamie Roberts is far from your average rugby player and the former Wales centre is more qualified than most in sport to articulate his fears over coronavirus.
Cardiff City said 'people need to be held to account' on Friday night after it emerged that a scandalous series of errors led to the death of record signing Emiliano Sala in an air crash in January last year.
Rhys Carre has gone from plump to Wales' new trump card in the pack in the space of a year after he had no contract at Cardiff Blues this time last season and weighed 21-stone.
All around him, others were losing their heads, but this time Kyle Sinckler did not. The pantomime villain of last year's England defeat in Cardiff proved on Saturday how much he has changed.
NIK SIMON: England face Wales in a mouth-watering Six Nations clash seeking revenge after suffering defeat in Cardiff a year ago.
Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones and his team-mates set out to antagonise Sinckler at the Principality Stadium and the England prop was replaced soon after losing his composure in last year's meeting.
The 21-13 defeat killed off English hopes of a Grand Slam, before Warren Gatland rubbed salt in the wounds by questioning their big-game ability.
Wolves defender Dion Sanderson is attracting interest from the Molineux side's rival Premier League clubs following an impressive start to his loan at Cardiff City in the Championship.
Nottingham Forest's 1-0 win over Cardiff City was followed by a nasty clash between Cardiff's Callum Paterson and Leandro Bacuna, in which the latter appeared to gouge his team-mate's eye.
WILL KELLEHER AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM: Wayne Pivac was left livid with two decisions costing Wales a win over France as they lost at home in the Six Nations for the first time in three years.
Wales have brought in Ross Moriarty and Gareth Davies for their next Six Nations match against France as Wayne Pivac made two changes for the Cardiff Test.
EXCLUSIVE: When it comes to Shaun Edwards and rugby, emotion usually drives everything. But Saturday's Wales clash is strictly business. He does not do teary-eyed returns.
Les Bleus are unbeaten in the tournament so far after wins against England and Italy at home but Wales lock Jake Ball has warned they are ready to make the most of a 'hostile' atmosphere in Cardiff.
The Welsh face an unbeaten French side in Cardiff on Saturday. Wayne Pivac's side come into the game on the back of a defeat in Dublin to the Irish - their first Six Nations loss since 2018.
SPECIAL REPORT BY WILL KELLEHER: No player has run out in a Test match at Wales' Principality Stadium having been born after the ground was built. Rees-Zammit could change that fact.
Reading have come from 2-0 down to defeat Championship rivals Cardiff City on penalties to progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup.