They say lightning never strikes twice but for two people in Ellesmere it has after after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode.

The Crosemere Road neighbours netted the windfall when SY12 0JP was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery on Thursday.

This is the second time in two months the neighbours have won a prize after their postcode sector of SY12 0 shared a prize pot of £3 million in November’s Postcode Millions prize.

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Judie McCourt sent her congratulations to the winners.

She said: “What a brilliant surprise for our winners and so soon after their last win! I couldn’t be happier for them.”

A minimum of 32 per cent of ticket sales goes directly to charities and players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised more than £500 million to date for thousands of good causes in Britain and beyond.

This draw was promoted by Maggie’s which has received over £14.2 million in funding from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. It runs a network of cancer support centres nationwide and offers support to anyone affected by cancer.

Many good causes close to the winners have also benefitted from players’ support, and the next opportunity local charities will have to apply for funding will be January 21.