4 h. ago Spanish lottery winner kidnapped and tortured by friends after £13k win

A man in Spain won £13,000 in the Christmas Lottery draw, but three former friends kidnapped him, tied him up and beat him with a metal pan while threatening him in an attempt to steal the winnings

Economics

5 h. ago Man kidnapped and tortured by friends after learning he'd won £13k on Christmas Lottery

The victim was threatened at gunpoint after three friends he had won Spain's massive Christmas lottery, which is drawn on December 22 every year

Economics

41 h. ago Girl, 16, shaved, tortured and burned alive by friends in row about pubic lice

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Suzanne Capper endured horrific abuse at the hands of some so-called 'friends', who pulled out her teeth, shaved her hair and bathed her in disinfectant, before setting her alight

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4 d. ago Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes

Mayor of La Bañeza says winning El Gordo Christmas lottery ‘is something that has fallen from the heavens’When the village of La Bañeza in Castilla y León was engulfed in one of the worst forest fires in Spanish history, the rain came too late to save it.But now the Christmas lottery has showered its 10,000 inhabitants with hundreds of millions of euros. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 'Our family won £500k on lottery but after things went wrong we were left with nothing'

A woman has spoken out about how her family's life changed after her father and grandfather won the Spanish lottery - but economic circumstances meant their bar business failed

Economics

4 w. ago 'We won £500k on lottery but then things started going wrong – now we're penniless'

A Spanish woman whose father and grandfather won a Spanish lottery in 2010 has spoken about how the family has been left with debts 15 years on after things started going wrong

Economics