An Inverness pensioner has decided to donate the money he won in the Press and Journal’s Treasure Hunt competition to help feed the poor in Africa.
Retired poultry farmer Keith Martin, 82, was born in Nairobi where his parents worked and said he had felt a bond with the Kenyan capital every since.
When he found out that he had won £250, Mr Martin said he knew exactly how he wanted to spend the cash.
He said: “My wife and I aren’t millionaires but we’ve got enough to feed ourselves every day.
“We would like the money to go to the poorest children in Africa, they need the help.
“We watched a programme on the telly about it recently and learned that the poorest children on the continent live in shanty towns in Nairobi.”
In the recent Press and Journal competition, game card winners stretched as far as the windswept shores of Stornoway, where tweed mill worker Jason Macaulay opened his copy of the newspaper to find a lucky ticket.
Mr Macaulay, 42, said: “When I saw that I had won I couldn’t believe it.
“I don’t usually win many things so it was a real shock.
“I had to look at the paper three or four times to make sure I had really won.”
Aside from toasting his good luck with a few drinks, Mr Macaulay is yet to decide how to spend his winners.
Meanwhile, a retired employee of the Baxters soup factory in Fochabers was thrilled to have picked up her £250 prize.
Gina Rose, 78, who has her Press and Journal delivered every day, said: “I have been getting the Press and Journal for yonks, and this is the biggest prize I have ever won in any competition.”
Mrs Rose is still mulling over how to spend her windfall.
Aberdonian Ian Sutherland, 84, a retired mechanic, will share the prize with his wife at their Cults home.
And Harry Geddes, of Peterhead, and Charlotte Ryan, of Aberdeen, also correctly matched symbols on their game cards to claim a share of the £50,000 prize pot.