DURHAM

A bar manager from Durham has won over £1M on EuroMillions just before he jets off to Thailand. The holiday was a treat for working hard all over Christmas, but can now be upgraded thanks to his amazing win... Kevin Piper, 55, bought the ticket as he remembered it was a special draw and decided to try his chances. The Durham bar manager won £1million on UK Millionaire Maker and chose the cash alternative to the Mega Week prize, an ultimate Hawaiian Adventure, giving him the grand total of £1,093,000... After working throughout Christmas and new year in his job as a bar manager in his local social club, the Belmont Club in Durham, he decided to treat himself to a three-week holiday to Thailand for early March.