Lotto grandmother eyes dream home

Mrs Williams says she plans to treat her family and herself

A great-grandmother, who won more than £2m on the Lottery just days after retiring as a care worker, says she plans to buy a bungalow and new car.

Eileen Williams, 60, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, scooped £2.3m in Saturday's Lotto draw by matching all six numbers.

Three generations of her family, including her 80-year-old mother, watched her collect her winning cheque.

Mrs Williams had finished her final shift 10 days before the bumper win.

She had been expecting to spend her retirement living on around £150 per week with her 62-year-old husband Brian - a retired factory worker - and her 80-year-old mother in the family's terraced house.

The world is our oyster, but all I really want is to see my family and my grandchildren all right Husband, Brian Williams

Now, as well as being able to buy a bungalow to accommodate her elderly mother, Mrs Williams says she plans to buy a new Nissan Micra car.

Treats in store

The family are also planning to take a holiday in Spain.

The mother-of-two, grandmother of five and great-grandmother of three watched her regular six numbers come up on Saturday's televised draw at home.

At a prize ceremony on Tuesday, she said: "I'm just coming down to earth. It's been a hectic few days.

"We'll definitely be getting a new house. The place we're in now has stairs and that's not good for mum, so we want a bungalow. We'll probably stay in Leigh.

"We love going to Spain so we will be booking a holiday there, but I've no plans to buy a holiday house out there at the moment.

"And I want a car but just a small one that I can handle. My daughter has just got a five-door Micra and that's quite nice, so maybe one of those."

She added that there would be "treats" in store for her children, 42-year-old Mark and 39-year-old Dawn, her grandchildren, Stephen, 22, Lisa, 21, Rachel, 14, Stephanie, 13, Anthony, 10, and great-grandchildren Dylan, two, Devon, one, and seven-month-old Lauren.

No specific requests

She said: "I've had no specific requests but they will be getting some treats.

"My grandson Anthony turned 10 today and we gave him money so he can get what he wants. We slipped a bit extra in his card, though, so he got £30."

Mrs Williams' husband Brian added: "We can do anything we choose now, every week of the year.

"The world is our oyster, but all I really want is to see my family and my grandchildren all right."

Mrs Williams won £2,386,386 - a share of that night's £4.8 million jackpot - with the numbers 5, 6, 10, 15, 27, 49.

She pledged to continue playing her regular three lines on the Wednesday and Saturday draws, adding: "I don't mind how much more I might win. Anything else is a bonus."