Residents on a street in Elton are celebrating today, Tuesday, after winning a People's Postcode Lottery prize.

Players at addresses with the postcode BL8 1NW, situated on New George Street, have won £1,000 each.

The post code is one of 20 that have been selected from the lottery's latest "daily prize" draw.

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Subscriptions to the postcode lottery supports a range of charities across the UK.

A minimum of 33 per cent of the ticket prices goes to charity.

The People's Postcode Lottery manages lotteries for 20 charities, with each one having one draw a month.

The lottery is popular nationally and supports "a wide range of charities and good causes across Britain and around the world".

To date, they’ve generously provided more than £1.1bn in funding which is helping thousands of organisations and projects.