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Lotto winners go on seaside clean-up duty
The Gazette
|August 12, 2025
NATIONAL Lottery winners from Teesside were among those carrying out a cleanup on one of Britain's best-loved beaches.
Millionaires joined the environmental good cause Beach Guardian, and scoured the shoreline at Bamburgh, Northumberland, for litter and micro-plastic items that are harmful to wildlife.
Rob and Elaine Leason, from the East Riding of Yorkshire, who won £1m on Lotto, joined the cleanup operation.
Ms Leason said: “It is an incredible feeling to not only support those closest to us financially - but to be able to give our time to charity and projects which are close to our hearts and impact others too.
This story is from the August 12, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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