£7.7m Lotto winner who went right back to work

A 64-YEAR-OLD man described yesterday how he went back to work just an hour after finding out he and his wife had won £7.7 million on the National Lottery.

Ivan and Susan Westbury, who own Sentinel Lightning in Nottingham, did not realise they had become won the rollover jackpot until Mrs Westbury, also 64, visited her local Tesco store on Sunday morning.

After having her ticket scanned in the shop and being advised to contact Camelot, she rang her husband, who left work to join her at the store.

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After finding out they had won 7,706,631, self-confessed workaholic Mr Westbury returned within an hour to his lightning protection business, which he has run for 19 years. "I went back to finish off what I was doing," he said.

"I've got a passion about work.I know it's my own business, but it's more than work, I just love what I do."