Lottery winner vows never to drive a bus again

A BUS driver has vowed never to set foot on one again after his syndicate scooped £38 million on EuroMillions jackpot.

Ally Spencer is one of 12 Stagecoach drivers who are said to have received a share of the bumper prize, the fifth in a row to go to a UK winner.

Mr Spencer said: “I’ll never work again.

“This would have been my 20th year and I have loved it. But I won’t be stepping on a bus again now.”

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The grandfather, from Corby, Northamptonshire, said he received the happy news in a midnight phone call from another syndicate member on Friday.

Some of the lucky group then gathered at one of the drivers’ homes to celebrate.

He and his wife Yvonne plan to move out of their two-bedroom flat into a bungalow in Corby, go on a family holiday to Jamaica, and buy a climbing frame for their grandchildren.

Each syndicate member will walk away with about £3.1m.

Another winner, John Noakes, 49, said the group called their boss at the Stagecoach depot in Corby to say they would not be coming to work on Saturday.

Mr Noakes said he would buy his wife Jean “whatever she wanted”, and would swap his Nissan Primera for an Aston Martin.

A Camelot spokesman said there had been a valid claim, but could not pay out until the banks opened this morning.

A decision will then be taken about whether the winners will publicise their success at a press conference.

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