A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal crash that killed a Scots grandad last year.
13.05.2023 - 10:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots Elvis die-hard has Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do after he and his family won more than £200,000 in the People's Postcode Lottery.
John Boyle, 64, wife Marilyn, 71, stepson Francis, 51 and daughter Joanne, 41 each bagged £58,823 in the competition's Millionaire Street prize. The dad, from Cowcaddens, Glasgow, is planning on splashing out on a dream trip to Graceland with his share of the prize to make some new Memories.
There's no word on where he'll stay in the States, but it won't be Heartbreak Hotel. And as reported by Glasgow Live, he's no Poor Boy now: he also plans on doing up the home he shares with his family in Manchester.
Taxi driver John said: "My favourite Elvis song is The Wonder Of You, but I'm All Shook Up now. I never expected to win the big one, but I'm glad that we did.
"I never had this sort of money before. It gives you a sense of being able to do what you want to do...a sense of freedom."
Dad-of-two John moved to Manchester 50-years-ago where he met Marilyn, to whom he has now been married to for 44 years. He's also stepdad to three children from her first marriage, including Francis, and has daughters of his own Joanne and Kirsty, 38.
However, he still returns to Glasgow regularly to visit family including his mum. And he's plotting a return to Graceland, Elvis' famed retreat, a decade after he visited it with his brother Eddie.
He added: "We went before an anniversary when there was a candlelit vigil at Graceland. You had to queue to get in through Graceland holding your candle. It was so long, it took about five hours."
Hotel duty manager Joanne persuaded her parents and brother to sign up to the Postcode Lottery after she had done so herself. She has been Playing For Keeps for ten years without a big
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal crash that killed a Scots grandad last year.
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