FOUR people in Rishton have ‘beaten the Monday morning blues’ by each scooping a £1,000 cash prize.

The Blackburn Road neighbours landed the money when their postcode came up trumps and was announced as a daily prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery yesterday.

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Judie McCourt sent her congratulations and said: “There’s no better way to beat the Monday morning blues than hearing you’ve won the lottery.

“Congratulations to everyone picking up a prize in Rishton today, it’s always lovely to see neighbours winning together.”

A minimum of 32 per cent of ticket sales goes directly to charities and players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised £416 million to date for thousands of good causes in Great Britain and beyond. The draw was promoted by the Royal Voluntary Service, which has received over £8 million in funding from players.

The next opportunity local charities will have to apply for funding is in August. For more information on People’s Postcode Lottery visit www.postcodelottery.co.uk or Facebook and Twitter.