Husband quit his job within minutes of finding out couple had scooped £333k

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A lorry driver quit his job within just minutes of finding out he and his wife had scooped £166,666 each in a huge lottery win.

Tony Hedley, 68, pulled his truck onto a hard shoulder to take a video call from his wife Christine, 65, who revealed they had won a combined sum of more than £333,000 with the People's Postcode Lottery.

Mr Hedley, a grandfather-of-four, wasted no time in phoning his employer from his lorry cab to tell him he wouldn’t be coming in the following day or returning at all, taking retirement and a much-needed rest after driving heavy goods lorries for 42 years. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link The couple from Newcastle upon Tyne are hoping to use the money to revamp their bathroom and garden, as well as going on a family getaway to Pitlochry, Scotland, in August. “It was just surreal, it was like the weight had lifted off my shoulders,” Mr Hedley told the PA news agency. “When I finished the call with the Postcode Lottery, I phoned up work and said ‘when I come back, I’m not coming in tomorrow and this is my last shift’. “I got back to the base, I dropped the trailer off and my manager said, ‘you lucky sod’, shook my hand and wished me all the best.” Mr Hedley added: “I’ve been working all my life and I think it’s time I had a break.

When they revealed the envelope, it was just surreal.” While Mr Hedley was working at the time their win was revealed, Mrs Hedley was at home to open the envelope herself. “When I pulled the ticket out, I couldn’t believe it, I just cried,” the teaching assistant told PA.