A BINGO fan from Stanley has won a Ford Ka.

Sharon Curry, a regular at the Top Ten club in the Elite Buildings, Stanley, won the top prize in the Easter Sunday draw.

All 24 clubs in the Top Ten group linked up for the live draw, in which each was allocated three unique numbers.

Stanley was the first club to mark off all three and held an internal draw to decide who should win the £6,000 car.

Mrs Curry, a 40-year-old care worker with two teenage daughters, said she will keep the Ka and sell her old car.

She said: "I reckon I'm quite a lucky person. I recently had a £900 win and just before that shared a £2,100 win with a friend - but this tops the lot."

Top Ten club manager June Rimmington said: "There's always a special atmosphere in the club on a Sunday night but on this particular occasion it was electric.

"It's the first time we have won anything on this scale and the place absolutely erupted when I called the winning number. I was afraid the controller wouldn't hear me."