QUIRKY WORLD ... Winning tips: Mortgage the lot, get locked up

ENGLAND: Mortgage everything, get locked up in jail, and avoid Park Lane if you want to win Monopoly, according to the UK and Ireland champion.

Natalie Fitzsimons, 24, from Saintfield, Co Down, beat her husband in the heats before winning in a 90-minute final against three opponents.

The Monopoly champion bankrupted her opponent — Oli Martin from Bristol, who finished second — after he landed on two of her yellow properties in a row.