A Devon mum won £1.3million on the Lottery - because she forgot how old her son was.

Janet Baddick, 49, always uses numbers representing family ages and important dates.

One was the age of her son, a chef, who turned 27 last month.

But Janet, a pharmaceutical technician from Braunton, forgot to change the number and picked 26, along with 1, 17, 24, 30, and 49 for last Wednesday's draw.

All six numbers came in and she split a £2.6m jackpot and was presented with a cheque for £1,298,223.

She said: "We are gobsmacked. It hasn't sunk in yet. All our numbers mean something to us and I update them as our lives change.

"But I've been a bit forgetful recently, probably due to age, and I forgot to change my son's birthday on the ticket."
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This is the first time i,ve heard of being forgetful turning out to be such a good thing! And i think they will get a chuckle out of it for some time to come! Way to go!