INTERVIEW BY MIKE KEEGAN: David Willey was not surprised when the phone rang. On the other end of the line, Ed Smith, national selector, delivered the grim yet inevitable news.

RICHARD GIBSON IN JOHANNESBURG: England entered the Twenty20 series in South Africa intent on taking the first step on the road to more global silverware.

Sport in all corners of the world has ground to a halt as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But some teams and players are returning to training and plans are being drawn up to get going again.

The ace bowler, who helped England lift the World Cup at Lords last summer, was identified by tax officials as a 'deliberate defaulter' who failed to pay more than £100,000 in taxes.

Camelot is urging players to check their tickets for the life-changing amount of cash but the gaming giant said all it can reveal is the winner paid at a National Lottery retailer as opposed to online.

Culture minister Mims Davies said she was launching a consultation on whether the existing age limit of 16 for all UK National Lottery games should be raised for some or all games and products.

Sir John Major decided ministers should be seen buying tickets to publicise the launch of the prize in November 1994.

The movie buff from Peterborough, who studied Video and Film at university in Dundalk, in Ireland, said he hopes the money will help improve the life of his 23-year-old brother, Robert.

Simon Jones, 40, from Cardiff, appears grinning in the new wedding-themed commercial alongside other guests that was aired on Monday to advertise the £69million Euromillions jackpot.

Vicky Mitchell, from Halifax, (pictured with her partner, Adam Fry) used the last £1.50 left in her online account from a previous win to buy a line for the August 12 draw.

Kashaf Ali Khan later admitted money laundering by using criminal money to buy the house in his father's name in Solihull. He's now sold the property to pay off the confiscation order.

Edward Putman, (pictured filming members of the press outside court today) 54, of Hertfordshire, claimed the jackpot on 28 August 2009 - just 10 days before his ticket from 11 March was due to expire.

Edward Putman, 54, of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, is accused of working with an insider to con the lottery operator Camelot into handing over an unclaimed jackpot.

Ticket holders around the UK are anxiously checking their numbers as the balls for one of the largest ever prizes is revealed. The numbers are: 40, 18, 11, 02, 46, and the Lucky Stars are: 04, 01

Neil Casson, 52, of Galgate, Lancashire, cheated lovers, financiers and businesses out of more than £300,000 claiming he had won £1.25million on the National Lottery.

The excitement has been building so much for the blockbuster jackpot that lottery players managed to crash the website earlier this evening in the scramble to get a ticket.

One UK ticket holder has won the EuroMillions jackpot to become the country's biggest ever winner. The life-changing haul will make the winner richer than pop star Ed Sheeran.

Andy Carter, from The National Lottery, said, 'This is the biggest win ever on The National Lottery and we look forward to helping the ticket-holder start to enjoy their new found wealth.'

Jane Park, 23, from Edinburgh, took to Instagram on Thursday morning to reveal the sad news and said that her 'pregnancy just wasn't meant to be'.

Sarah Cockings (pictured), 36, who lives in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, with her partner and three children, won £3,045,705 on April 30, 2005, when she was just 21.

National Lottery operator Camelot said the prize will be paid out at a ticket validation appointment before the winner decides whether to go public. A UK ticket-holder won a £170 million jackpot in October.

Neil Peet, 50, has been good friends with lottery winner Steve Thomson for years and was one of many at a boozy party he threw to celebrate at home in West Sussex.

Keith Butterley, 43, from Sheffield, threatened to jump from the building with the toddler, before making on a bike with the child balanced on the handle bars.

Despite winning the £1 million jackpot on Saturday, Didzis Pirags who works as a chef in Broughton, Preston, still worked all the way through Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

John and Allison McDonald, of Stockton on Tees, County Durham, matched all six numbers on a Lucky Dip ticket then found out three days later that their son Ewan, 15, was cancer free.

Father-of-two Mark Goodram, 36, from Bolton, claims to have bought the winning scratchcard from a Waitrose supermarket in Clapham, south London, in April last year.

A UK winner of a £57million EuroMillions jackpot is yet to claim the huge prize more than a week after winning - and may not know they are a multi-millionaire (pictured, The National Lottery sign).

Ryan Hoyle, a 38-year-old joiner from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has been revealed as the EuroMillions winner of £58million, seeing him rank ninth on the National Lottery millionaires' list.

Self-employed joiner Ryan Hoyle, 38, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, whose mother works as a school cleaner and father works in a factory, won £58,366,487 in a EuroMillions jackpot.

David Clennon, 76, says he did not submit an audition tape for Netflix project Sycamore/Hit and Run, produced by Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, because of his solidarity with people of Palestine.

Odds makers are giving both Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush better odds to win the Republican nomination than the current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.

Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Bob Corker said Friday that they will support their party's $1.5 trillion tax bill. But the 'Johnson Amendment' is here to stay.

Latest figures from the US Department of Agriculture reveal that wholesale American beef now costs a staggering $357.38 per 100 pounds amid nationwide food shortages. 

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN BRUSSELS: Her time of 10.88sec was a season's best, but more impressive was that she blitzed Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the double Olympic champion from Jamaica.

Dina Asher-Smith, 23, clinched a historic gold medal after powering to 200m victory at the World Championships.

Dina Asher-Smith became the fastest British woman over 200 metres when she won Gold in Doha last night. She powered home in 21.88 seconds before hugging her mother in the stands.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Out of the sandstorm of a quite miserable World Championships came a magnificent ray of red, white and blue light.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: Another night of history for Dina Asher-Smith . The distinctions in her career are piling up and so are the medals.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN DOHA: The 17th athletics World Championships were held this week in Doha with plenty of drama on and off the track at the Khalifa International Stadium.

British gardening expert Constance Craig Smith advised on growing flowers from seed. She says the most straightforward seeds of all are hardy annuals that can withstand cold weather.

Emma Farley, 43, from York, who spends up to £6,000 a year on food, medicine and equipment to help rehabilitate hedgehog, advised on how you can make your garden welcoming to the animals.

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his advice for growing irises. He says the plants do best in open areas that have blazing hot summers but quite cold winters, and need good drainage.

British gardening expert Nigel Colborn shared advice for achieving heavenly fragrances by blending different varieties of honeysuckle with roses.

British gardening expert Monty Don shares his top tips for competing in this year's Daily Mail National Garden Competition. The winner will receive a £2K prize and finalists will be given a blue plaque.

Claire and Robert Bailey-Scott, 43 and 57, from Gosberton, Lincolnshire, have transformed their garden and won the Daily Mail National Garden Competition.

Nigel Colborn writes that the November period can be a boom time for indoor plants. He recommended the Phalaenopsis orchid, Britain's favourite houseplant, which flowers for months.

Nigel Colborn has shared his advice on gardening this week. He suggest giving your lawn one final cut, as grass may have kept growing in wet and mild weather.

Nigel Corn shared his advice for embracing the festive season in your garden. The British gardening expert suggests using decorative foliage and Christmas roses for a beautiful show.

Nigel Colborn has shared his advice on gardening this week.

Nigel Colborn shares advice for thriving clivias as house or conservatory plants. British gardening expert says they are plants that last a lifetime and can be moved outside, between May and October.