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Lorry driver quits after £5.2m lottery win
Nottingham Post
|May 03, 2025
A lorry driver who scooped £5.2million on the lottery quit his job and bought a vacuum cleaner as his first purchase.
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Gary MacDonald, of Barking, east London, opted for a Shark vacuum and said: "We still shopped around for the best deal. We are not flash people." The 60-year-old plans to marry his partner of 25 years, Anita, aged 55, and they have begun house-hunting for a place with a large garden. Mr MacDonald, who has been d
This story is from the May 03, 2025 edition of Nottingham Post.
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