‘Dream’ comes true for retiree with £500k Thunderball win

Lottery winner Raymond Young celebrates his win in front of the Blackpool Tower (Anthony Devlin/National Lottery/PA)

By Ryan McDougall, PA Scotland

A man has told how his dream quite literally came true after he discovered he had won the Thunderball jackpot prize of £500,000.

Recently retired British Gas worker Raymond Young, from Edinburgh, initially checked his ticket while half-asleep.