Record lottery winner to use winnings to treat cancer

A NORTHERN Ireland cancer patient who made lottery history by winning £20.1 million (€30.1m) in the British lottery will use her win to launch a global hunt for treatment, she said last night.

Just months after being diagnosed, Belfast housewife Iris Jeffrey, 58, has taken Britain’s record single jackpot.

Soon to be a grandmother, the mother-of-two pledged to splash out on family and friends, with a new washing machine her only luxury.