THANK you to The Northern Echo for bringing a few seconds of joy to my life by publishing the Wednesday lotto winning Thunderball number as 11 (Echo, Feb 3) – making me think I had won a whole £3.

What a disappointment to find, after checking the numbers online, that the correct Thunderball number was 13 and I had not won. Never mind, better luck next time I guess.

Malcolm Neesam, Thirsk, North Yorkshire.

􀁧 Footnote: Apologies to all our readers for the error.