Lauren Tomlinson cradles the ‘miracle’ baby she thought she’d never have after winning the Postcode Lottery.

The 34-year-old gave birth to Elizabeth four months after scooping £836,000 – and less than a year after being given the all-clear for cancer she was warned could mean she’d never had a family.

Over the last six years, Miss Tomlinson endured a series tragedies.She lost her brother Dale to suicide before she was diagnosed with cancer.

In April last year, her mum, Andrea, was told she had kidney cancer, while her dad Darren had a stroke in July 2024.

But her life changed when she met her partner Brandon Banks and won big on the lottery last December. Lauren gave birth to baby Elizabeth by emergency Caesarean section nine weeks early, on April Fools’ Day this year – less than a yea

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