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A 73-year-old retired engineer who scooped £25m in one of Britain's biggest lottery wins will not let the prize go to his head, he has said. | |
Brian Caswell and his wife Joan, 71, from Bolton, were joint winners of the Euromillions lottery jackpot. | |
Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Caswell said the cash would pay for a "flash car" and a trip to Rio, Brazil. | |
And the keen gardener said he would also hire a professional gardener to help grow carrots on his allotment. | |
A member of his local allotment society in Bolton, Mr Caswell said he had been trying to grow the vegetables on his patch of land "without success". | |
'Biggest winners' | |
"I've followed every instruction in the book and never had any success," he said. | |
"What I'm going to do now is bring a professional in and say, right, sort that out." | |
The Caswells, who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, spoke of their good fortune at a press conference in Macclesfield, Cheshire. | The Caswells, who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, spoke of their good fortune at a press conference in Macclesfield, Cheshire. |
Mr Caswell helps to run the Harpers Lane Allotment Society in the town, while his wife is a former bookbinder. They have four grandchildren and two daughters. | |
The win makes Mr and Mrs Caswell the third biggest UK lottery winners. | |
Angela Kelly, from Glasgow, who scooped £35.4m in August 2007 and another winner in the same month scooped £26.5m but did not go public. | Angela Kelly, from Glasgow, who scooped £35.4m in August 2007 and another winner in the same month scooped £26.5m but did not go public. |