Devon couple plan to slow down after £3.9m lottery win

A couple who won a £3.97m Lotto jackpot say they are planning to “slow down” and “enjoy life” at a more relaxed pace.

Jon Waring, 57, and his wife Lucy, 48, from Paignton, in Devon, said they could not believe they had won.

“We just sat and drank tea – we must have had 10 cups between us,” Mr Waring said.

He added he had already handed in his notice at Devon and Cornwall Police, where he worked as a radio operator for 16 years, and Ms Waring was working her notice as a nurse at Torbay Hospital.

Mr Waring has played the Lotto every week since the game began and now plays online.

The couple, who also have a 15-year-old daughter, have said a Harley-Davidson trike bike and a hot tub are at the top of their wish list.

They added a new family home, in the same area where they have lived all their lives, was also high on the list.

The family said they were keen musicians and planned to create a music room in their new home.

Mr Waring added: “As a family, we love rock music and now the world really is our oyster – we hope to get the chance to attend gigs up and down the country.

“This win will just enable us all to slow down, enjoy life.”

Mr Waring said he woke at 04:00 BST on the morning to discover he had won.

He said: “Something just made me go to check my emails and I saw an email saying I had won a prize.”

He said he turned his tablet off and on again to double and triple check.

“I woke Lucy and she said, still half asleep, is it 1 April? I said no, it is June,” he said.

Of their future, he added: “It’s all the things you dream about trying and seeing but know you never will until something like this happens.”