A man who was clearing out his car before having it valeted found a winning lottery ticket six weeks after purchasing it.

Dion Davies, from Ceredigion in west Wales, bought his ticket just before Christmas.

But it was not until he decided to have his car professionally cleaned that he realised his winnings.

Mr Davies took the ticket to a shop where he was advised to call the number on the back after he matched all five numbers plus one Lucky Star.

On Thursday 2 February he then found out he had won £55,086.

Mr Davies buys a ticket every week with all of his numbers being family birthdays. He won with digits 1, 11, 17, 20 and 27 and Lucky Stars 4 and 5.

The winnings came two weeks after the ticket was officially announced as unclaimed by The National Lottery

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