A Bishop Auckland couple are celebrating a £2,000 windfall from a lottery helping hospice patients.
Cyril and Ann Weightman won the top prize in a weekly draw organised by One Wish for four North-East hospices - The Butterwick at Bishop Auckland, St Teresa's at Darlington, St Cuthbert's, Durham, and St Benedict's, in Sunderland.
The couple have bought tickets almost every week since the draw started in 1999 but this is their first big success.
With almost 20,000 registered members paying £1, the draw raises £5,000 a week for each of the four hospices and has contributed more than £2m altogether.
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