Daily Express - 07.08.2019

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enjoying better summer

weather and sleeping through

an entire night also bring bliss.

The survey for Baxi, which is

launching an ad campaign

with the theme Moments of

Joy, found just nine per cent of

Britons feel “extremely

happy” these days.

Baxi sales director David

Cook said: “The state of the

nation isn’t at its most positive

right now.

“We have a long way to go

to improve world issues but

sometimes smaller changes

can make all the difference.”

into their lives, according to

the poll of 2,000 people for

heating specialists Baxi.

Other cash windfalls like a

bonus at work, a tax refund,

getting to a till and finding an

item is cheaper than expected

or even discovering a fiver in a

pocket would cheer us up too.

Many of us would see our

mood improved if traffic was

reduced, Brexit got cancelled

and Donald Trump quit.

But having a treat like a

piece of cake or a cuppa, Britons want to see clean beaches

CLEARING the seas of

rubbish is high on a list of

things Britons say would make

them happier, a survey shows.

Progress on major global

issues such as climate change,

use of plastic and reducing

nuclear weapons would cheer

many of us up.

But we also take pleasure

from much simpler things such

as a pet sitting on our lap,

receiving a gift or smiling at

another person in the street.

Winning the lottery remains

the single thing most people

believe would bring happiness

A clean beach shore makes us happy

By Emma Elsworthy

THINGS THAT KEEP US CHEERFUL

1. Winning the lottery


2. Going on holiday


3. Finding a fiver in
   your pocket


4. Rubbish-free sea


5. Longer summers


6. Winning a new car


7. Bonus at work


8. Sleeping through a
   whole night


9. Getting a freebie


10. Having summer
    weather in summer


11. Getting a free hotel
    / flight upgrade
    12. Going to till and
    finding item’s cheaper
    than expected
    13. A tax refund
    14. Finding something
    you thought you’d lost
    forever
    15. Less traffic
    16. Halting climate
    change
    17. All going to plan
    18. Less use of plastic
    19. Getting a gift
    20. Having nice people
    running the world

the next day, writing “won lottery/

retirement” in the “Why are you

leaving?” section of a form.

Dean, who lives in Peterborough,

said: “At Amazon they monitor breaks.

If your 15-minute break is 16 minutes,

they are on your back about it.

“I must have been 10 minutes over,

so I think I did ‘break abuse’.

“Afterwards, I went back and sat at

my computer for five minutes before

thinking, ‘I don’t have to be here, I

don’t want to be here’. I said, ‘I’m sick,

I’m going home’ and went.”

Film buff Dean wants to use the

money to help him pursue his dream of

becoming a movie script writer.

He also plans to help younger

brother Robert, 23, who suffers from

autism. His first £10,000 instalment will

be paid within days, with further

money paid monthly until he is 54. He

wants to put a deposit down on a home

of his own and has already booked a

family trip to Disneyland Paris.

Dean won while playing Set For Life

for the first time last Monday. He said:

“It is an incredible feeling. I am now

worry free for the rest of my life. It was

always my dream to become a script

writer. I love films and the theatre and

now I can do something with this. I can

turn my passion into a job, something I

never thought I could do.”

Dean has also earmarked a large

portion of the money for the care of his

brother. He said: “I feel a responsibility

to guarantee his care for the future.”

OPINION: PAGE 12

By Louie Smith

I feel sick... I’ve just won a monthly £10k prize

LOTTERY winner Dean Weymes

pretended to be sick at work so he

could go home and tell his family he

had hit the jackpot.

And when asked why he was quitting

his job, he told his bosses on a form:

“Won lottery.”

Amazon worker Dean, 24, won the

National Lottery’s Set For Life draw,

and is the first to go public since its

launch in March. He wins £10,000 a

month for 30 years.

The lorry tracker was on a 15-minute

break when he checked his phone and

discovered he had won the prize, worth

£3.6million in total.

He was so overwhelmed that he was

10 minutes late back to his desk.

Dean then pretended he was sick so

he could go home and share the good

news with his family. He formally quit

Jubilant

Dean quit

his job at

Amazon

after win

Lottery winner Dean

Weymes with cheque

Pictures: PHIL HARRIS

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