Appy ending for shipping crate baby
Hols, home & car for £10k-a-month teen
POLICE used an app to locate a woman giving birth inside a shipping container at a port.
The mum-to-be was among a group of stowaways who had hidden in a locked steel crate loaded onto a UK-bound ship.
There were 20,000 containers at Hull docks, so officers asked the immigrants to download the What3words app to pinpoint their location.
Police worker Paul Redshaw said: “It’s a great tool which helps us reach those in real need of help.”
Medics helped the woman once she had been freed and Border Force officials quizzed the group. A TEENAGER who bought a Lotto ticket while soaking in the bath had a very a lucky dip, winning £10,000 a month for a year. Sam Lawton, 19, downloaded an app to buy his first Lotto ticket last week and was still in the bath when a message arrived saying he had won on the Set for Life game. Sam plans to take girlfriend Connie Bell, 20, and their year-old son Noah on a trip to New York. But he will also put down a deposit on a home, take driving lessons and buy a car. SAM LAWTON WINNER OF SET FOR LIFE PRIZE Sam, from Leamington Spa, Warks, said: “A house is the number one priority as we are a young family and we are renting at the moment.
“The win will allow me to learn to drive and get a car straight away, which is amazing. We’ve already had a conversation about our jobs and this would be a lovely retirement fund if you were in your 80s. At 19, it’s just not feasible, but £120,000 is a lot of money and what we do with it could set us up for life.”
Sam decided to play the new game after seeing Dean Weymes win the £10,000 a month for 30 years jackpot. Sam said: “I thought I’d have a go. “I downloaded the app, set up an account, put £10 into my account and then played a Lucky Dip – and I did all this whilst having a bath.”
When he got the message saying he had won second prize, he sat “in disbelief wondering if it was true”.
Sam went to work as a data analyst the next day and rang the National Lottery hotline when it opened and they confirmed he was a winner after matching five of the six balls.
Connie, who works in HR, said: “Our boy is going to be spoiled rotten.”
£120,000 is a lot of money and what we do could set us up for life