Terminally ill 77-year-old Brit wins £1m in EuroMillions. Marlyn Anderson announced that the couple would buy a spacious bungalow to give Ian a “better quality of life” for the Olympics.

The septuagenarian suffers from a lung disease developed after having worked all his life on construction sites, and having probably been exposed to asbestos. They initially thought they had won 1,000 pounds The couple, married for 32 years, bought a EuroMillion ticket on March 12 and initially thought it was £1,000.