Why landing a job in the BBC is like winning the lottery (Belfast Telegraph)

The other day, Nigel Page won £56m in the EuroMillions lottery. It could have been even more — the gigantic jackpot of £112m was halved between two winners, one in this country, one elsewhere. Related Stories Even in death, fashion really has a language of its own Sinn Fein jumped through DUP’s hoops and fell short How DUP let Sinn Fein get back into its stride Some parties do protest too much …

Deaf cleaner loses lottery (Straits Times)

CAPE TOWN (South Africa) – A DEAF South African cleaner besieged by begging relatives after a newspaper reported he had scooped a 91 million rand (S$16.5 million) lottery jackpot was not the winner, the draw’s organisers said. National Lottery spokeswoman Thembi Tulwana said the real winner of Friday’s PowerBall draw was an unnamed 43-year-old woman, and not 52-year-old Stanley Philander, a Cape …