Plumber plans to use lottery cash for new bathroom

John Fearman and neighbour Angela West each won £333,333

A plumber who has won more than £300,000 on a lottery has revealed he is planning to spend some of the cash doing up his own bathroom.

John Fearman, from Heathfield, in East Sussex, is sharing a £1m People's Postcode Lottery jackpot with two neighbours.

The 62-year-old said he was planning an "epic spending spree", including treating himself to a classic car and getting a new bathroom.

He said: "It's embarrassing really, being a plumber and not having got my own bathroom done."

Mr Fearman said coming into the money had changed his life "forever" but he had no plans to retire.

He said: "You work hard all your life, but you don't expect something like this to happen.

"It has. And it's changed everything."

John Fearman said he had no plans to retire after his sudden windfall

He said he was also planning to replace his old, broken-down work van with a brand-new one and is hoping to take a few dream holidays, including to Vietnam and New Zealand.

Mr Fearman said he had been playing the lottery for over a decade when he received news of the £333,333 windfall.

"I honestly thought someone was winding me up," he said.

"When they told me I'd won, I was completely blown away. I couldn't speak.

"I was honestly going to give it up last month. It's been years, and I've never won anything big.

"It just proves you never know what's around the corner."

His neighbour, Angela West, 67, said she was also "blown away" with her win of £333,333.

She was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer a decade ago, and was still recovering when her husband, Dean, died from pancreatic cancer.

She said: "After everything we've been through, I just feel so lucky to be here.

"You realise money can't buy your health, but this win will help me enjoy life a bit more and help my family too.

"I've had a lot of bad luck in my life, but this is something good at last."