Worcestershire dad loses nan and wins £3.5m house within 24 hours

A Worcestershire dad says his late grandmother “had something to do with” him winning a £3.5m London home and £250,000 in cash less than 24 hours after she died.

Jamie Loveridge, 37, said his family were still coming to terms with their loss when they received the life-changing news.

The father-of-two initially ignored the call telling him he had won and blocked the number before his wife answered.

“We lost my nan the night before we found out we’d won the house, so that was all we were thinking about,” he said.

“We never imagined the next day we’d win a multi-million-pound house. It feels like she’s had something to do with this, like she’s done this from above.”

Loveridge, who lives with wife Katie and their two sons in a three-bedroom house in Worcestershire, said the win would transform the family’s future.

“All I’ve ever wanted is to give Katie and the boys the best life possible,” he said, adding: “This win means I can do that in ways I never dreamed of now.

“The boys are only young. This has changed their future. It gives us options and security we never imagined.”

He later described the prize as a “generational legacy” for the family.