Sackpot winners!
Redundant warehouse workers’ £159,000 joy with new syndicate
FORTY-six workers landed a £159,000 EuroMillions win weeks after being told they will lose their jobs.
The syndicate was set up by staff at logistics firm Crystal Martin last month after bosses announced its warehouse will close this summer.
They matched five numbers and a Lucky Star to bag £159,609 – or £3,469 each.
Senior supervisor Craig Rowland was enjoying a curry
Ruth treated herself to a BMW with work colleagues when he discovered the win on March 6.
He said: “We have a giant bottle of champagne which has enough for a glass for every syndicate member.
“It’s important we all keep a safe distance at the moment. We will keep washing our hands
A MIDWIFE who carried on working despite winning £1million on the lottery is featured in an exhibition celebrating Florence Nightingale.
Ruth Breen, 40, won £1million on the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Raffle in 2014 but her passion for her job kept her from giving it up.
The selfless healthcare worker from Wigan said of her inclusion in the exhibition at the Florence Nightingale Museum: “It is really very humbling. Florence Nightingale had no source of income, her family supported her work.
“It was a real vocation for her. It is amazing to be alongside such incredible people in this exhibition.
“It is really exclusive, there are 22,000 midwives in the UK, and 280,000 nurses, but only 200 objects and people featured. Those people have contributed so much more than I could ever think of, but I am not going to argue.”
From her late teens, Florence, who died in 1910, became captivated by the idea of becoming a nurse.
The Secretary of
State for War asked her to lead a team of 38 nurses to make urgent improvements in medical conditions for soldiers in the
Crimean War.
The exhibition is part of a year-long celebration of the Lady with the Lamp’s life called #Nightingale2020, marking 100 years since her birth.
Ruth, mother of A-level student Lucy, 16, added: “It is really important to me that my daughter has a parent, a role model with a good work ethic, so she understands you have to work hard in life to pursue your chosen career and she gets to see me do that. Everyone remembers their midwife. You may not always remember their name, but you always remember the experience.”
The museum on London’s South Bank is temporarily closed due to the coronavirus but you can see the exhibition at florencenightingale. co.uk/200exhibits, with Ruth’s part at: florencenightingale.co.uk/ruthbreen-2014.
My daughter has a role model with a good work ethic
for the time being and save our celebration for later.”
The dad of two, from Mansfield, Notts, dished out the winnings by individual cheque.
He said: “I spent the evening writing them all out. It may sound a bit old-fashioned but it seemed more personal. We are
RUTH BREEN MILLIONAIRE MIDWIFE all gutted about the warehouse but the win is great news.”
Colleague Denise Marshall, 59, a grandmother of four, who is also from Mansfield, said: “It’s great timing. It gives me a financial comfort blanket until I work out what to do.”
Lynne Halsam, 45, of Morton, Derbys, added: “After a difficult time at work recently, the whole place is buzzing. I’m buying a new living room carpet.”