I won £100,000 lottery prize but had to BEG my boss for the day off to accept it – now I have to apologise to her

A PEOPLE'S Postcode Lottery victor had told however helium had to beg his brag for a time disconnected to judge his £111,111 prize.

Michael Whitaker, from Keighley successful West Yorkshire, skipped retired connected a captious gathering which near his colleagues fuming. 

Michael said helium rang up his brag to archer her helium wouldn't beryllium capable to marque his 11am plan and compliance gathering due to the fact that helium had to judge his winnings.

His brag was forced to prevarication to others successful the 11am plan and compliance meeting, hiding the existent crushed for Michael's absence.

He said: "I rang my brag and told her Postcode Lottery are here. But I had a plan and compliance concern gathering astatine 11am and I had each the figures.

"Luckily, my brag was ecstatic for maine and said she wouldn't archer anyone successful the gathering arsenic to wherefore I couldn't marque it."

Michael added that helium would present person to apologise to his brag for the blunder.

He added: "I'm going to ringing my brag up and apologise that I didn't marque the meeting, but look astatine this."

The adrenaline junky joined others connected his thoroughfare successful bagging £111,111, which helium hopes to usage towards a "once-in-a-lifetime" circuit astir the Norweigan Fjords.

Michael, who has scuba dived each astir the country, said helium was astounded erstwhile helium received the cheque.

"When I saw the cheque, I thought £11,000 and then... I processed it and determination was six digits! It's incredible," helium said.

When asked what helium was going to bash with each of the other wealth helium said helium dreamt of taking his caller motorbike, a Triumph Tiger 900, connected a roadworthy trip.

"I privation to spell much adventuring. I privation to get retired there, I privation to spot places, I privation to spell places," helium said.

He added: "You person dreams but they're not dreams anymore now. This brings them into reality."

The clerk landed the monolithic currency prize on with 8 of his neighbours successful Shann Crescent, Keighly, aft their postcode BD21 2TN landed the play Millionaire Street prize connected Monday.

Every cheque was worthy £111,111.

Across the road, Sanna Babar, who besides cashed successful the six-figure sum, said she is present readying a travel to Walt Disney World successful Florida for her 2 daughters.

She said: "We were reasoning of going to Disneyland Paris successful August adjacent year, but it could beryllium Florida now!"

"I was trying to prevention up money, but I don't request to bash that present and I could bring my mum and dada too. It was a benignant of phantasy before, but I'm going to bash it," she added.

For Melanie Granger a postwoman successful the area, winning a stock of the £1 cardinal was peculiarly peculiar arsenic she had antecedently delivered these golden envelopes herself.

Melanie, who works retired of Royal Mail's Skipton Delivery Office, plans connected exploring much of the Caribbean and buying a caller iPad with the money.

But archetypal the postie is kicking-off her spending-spree successful benignant by booking a travel to Spain for her cousin's wedding.

She said: "My cousin, who lives successful London, is getting joined to his Spanish fiancée successful Granada and I'm going to the wedding. It'll beryllium a precise bully party, that's for sure."

"It's decidedly the champion envelope I've ever had," she said.

The postie had coincidentally taken the time disconnected from work, which meant she was capable to proudly judge the "big envelope with a immense cheque."

"Everything has travel together. I'm usually working, and I've picked the close time for my time off," she said.

Some 33 per cent of tickets spell to foundation and bully causes, says the People's Postcode Lottery website.

This clip round, Keighley Healthy Living, a foundation which provides a assortment of groups and services to locals successful the community, was awarded £80,000 by the Postcode Community Trust.

Melanie Hey, CEO of Keighley Healthy Living, said: "When we received the telephone astir the funding, we conscionable couldn't judge it. Not lone due to the fact that £80,000 is simply a phenomenal magnitude of money, but due to the fact that it's been granted to america astatine the cleanable time.

The winners told People's Postcode Lottery that they were thrilled to person helped section organisation person other backing arsenic a effect of their win.