​Borders charity worker wins £33 million on the National Lottery.

A charity worker in the Scottish Borders has gone public after scooping half of last week’s historic £66 million lottery jackpot.

David and Carol Martin, a husband and wife from Hawick, have been named as the Scots winners who share the record jackpot with a so far anonymous ticket holder.

It has been revealed that David works for Borders Care and Repair – a subsidiary of Eildon Housing Association, a charity based in Selkirk.

The charity worker said they were shocked when they discovered they had won, while tucking into a bacon roll last Sunday, and described the experience as “surreal”.

They celebrated their windfall with lots of cups of tea, he added, before revealing the first thing he wanted to do was “buy myself a nice pair of £200 brogues”.

The couple have started making plans for their future and top of the list is an early retirement. David has been working for the past eight years for Borders Care and Repair, part of Eildon Housing Association, which helps elderly and disabled people fit specialist equipment in their home. Carol has worked in the local chemist for most of her working life.

But first priority for the couple is to fly their 26 year-old daughter back from Australia to plan a new future they told a press conference today.

David said: “I hadn't checked my ticket, so I removed it from the mantelpiece and thought I'd take a quick look but for some reason we couldn't find the results in the paper.

“Carol and I were tucking into bacon and black pudding rolls when we decided to check the ticket against the results on her phone.

There are charities which are important to us - David Martin

“I had three lines, all Lucky Dip tickets, and as Carol called out the numbers, I realised that the first line matched up one by one. We must have checked it another 10 times or more.

He added: “I've dreamt of this moment many times but when it actually came, it was a just total shock.”

The couple, who have been married for 28 years, are planning to retire as soon as possible and said they would love a new home in the country, local to where they live now, and a holiday home in the sun.

David said: “It’s everyone’s dream to win the lottery. I’ve talked about winning and what I would do so many times. But now it’s actually here my mind’s gone blank.”

The couple, who have been married for 28 years, said helping out local charities would be a priority.

“We don’t have all the answers yet but we’d like to help our closest friends and family, and there are charities which are important to us too.

“Parts of our community have also been hit by flooding and we know lots of people who have struggled in recent times, so there’s a lot for us to work out but it’s a nice problem to have.”

Saturday's massive jackpot - the biggest ever - was the result of 14 rollovers.