Hot tub on shopping list for £4 million lottery winners

Paignton couple are now going to relax more

A couple who won £4 million on the lottery are planning to "slow down" and enjoy a more relaxed life.

Jon and Lucy Waring from Paignton said they could not believe they had won.

"We just sat and drank tea - we must have had 10 cups between us," Mr Waring said.

A box at Exeter Chiefs is on Mr Waring's shopping list. They are likely to move house. And they want a hot tub.

Mr Waring has already handed in his notice at Devon and Cornwall Police, where he worked as a radio operator for 16 years, and Ms Waring is working her notice as a nurse at Torbay Hospital.

Mr Waring has played the Lotto every week since the game began and now plays online. He woke at 4am following the draw on 31 May to discover he had won the £3,966,543 jackpot.

“Something just made me go to check my emails and I saw an email saying I had won a prize,” he said.

“I went to Google the winning numbers and noticed there was just one winner – and knew it must have been me.

“I couldn’t quite believe it – I knew they were my numbers. I turned my tablet off – left it five minutes – and then turned it back on to double and triple check.

“I woke Lucy, and she said, still half asleep, ‘Is it April 1?’. I said no, it is June.

“We just could not believe it – there was no way we were getting back to sleep. We just sat and drank tea – we must have had 10 cups between us.”