Anniversary couple win £2.3m lotto

The couple plan to go on holiday to Hawaii with their winnings

A couple returned from a meal celebrating their 32nd wedding anniversary to find they had won the £2.3m Lotto jackpot.

Geraldine and Bryan Coghlin, who are both 56, were so shocked when their numbers came up on Wednesday's double rollover they had to ask a relative to double check the ticket.

Mr Coghlin said he and his wife arrived back at their house in Littlehampton, West Sussex, and checked their numbers on Teletext.

He said: "I thought we had just won a tenner at first but then Geraldine saw that we had all six numbers.

It was the most wonderfully unexpected wedding anniversary present ever Geraldine Coghlin

"Then I called my brother and asked him to check the ticket".

Mr Coghlin, who works as a fitter at a chemical plant and was in fear of redundancy a few weeks ago quit work the day after the win.

The father-of-two said: "We are absolutely gob smacked. It is gently sinking in but it is going to take a while for us to come to terms with it."

The couple are already planning a holiday in Hawaii with their winnings and said they may have to upgrade their Christmas presents after finishing their shopping a few weeks ago.

They also plan to buy a detached home to replace the three-bedroom terrace they have lived in for the past 31 years.

Mrs Coghlin said: "It was the most wonderfully unexpected wedding anniversary present ever."