hi there, is it mike thomson from the bbc? yes, it is. ltimillionaire lottery winner melissa ede? it certainly is. tell you what, mike, jump in. i'm assuming that you being a bit of a local celebrity now, you could well be spotted in the open top? not many blonde—haired people driving around in an open top car on a day like this. once i'd scratched it, once i'd realised, i had to check it and keep checking it. in december last year, melissa ede bought a scratchcard and got the best christmas present of her life. within three days, my bank balance went from about £1 odd, to £4 million. melissa, a 57—year—old transgender woman, had struggled to make ends meet working night shifts as a taxi driver. life was hard, wasn't it? life was very, very difficult, yeah. just to live day by day. some days, couldn't even afford to eat. it was a bowl of cereal, just to get by that day. could we perhaps go to where you used to work? definitely, let's go and have a look and let's go see some of my old friends. where from? and where are you going to? ok, no

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