Couple who were made redundant scoop £1m lottery win

Wayne and Desiree Home

A married couple who had been made redundant and were forced to sell their home, have won £1 million on the EuroMillions draw.

Wayne and Desiree Home, both 57, had to move homes after they both lost their jobs eighteen months ago.

The grandparents were distraught at being made to move homes, leaving their family home in Tonbridge, Kent, just as they received the news that Desiree was diagnosed with bowel cancer.

However, the couple, who now live in a smaller home in East Farleigh, near Maidstone, are looking forward to putting their feet up following their big money win.

The couple have three children and four grandchildren. Desiree has now fully recovered from her illness.

Desiree told the Mirror: “It is great for the children and us. It allows us to relax after such a difficult period.”

Wayne, an IT project manager, and Desiree got married 34 years ago after they met in the Royal Navy.

Speaking about the moment they realised they had won, Desiree said: “I could not believe it. At first he said we had won £500,000.

“Then he told me we had actually won a million and I thought he was joking. I’ve been breaking out into fits of laughter for days.”

Wayne said: “We have gone from living day by day to relaxing day by day.”