It's a double celebration as residents of a Cheshire East street bag a generous prize in the People's Postcode Lottery.

Those with a lottery ticket and a SK11 8LS postcode were awarded a £1,000 win in one of the fundraising lottery's daily prize draws.

The winning postcode belongs to the People's Postcode Lottery players who live in the Macclesfield West and Ivy area of Cheshire East.

It comes as residents of the Wrenbury area of Cheshire East with a SY13 4LP postcode won a prize in yesterday's daily prize draw.

Subscriptions to the postcode lottery supports a range of charities across the UK.

A minimum of 33 per cent of the ticket prices goes to charity.

The People's Postcode Lottery manages lotteries for 20 charities, with each one having one draw a month.

The lottery is hugely popular nationally and supports "a wide range of charities and good causes across Britain and around the world".

To date, they’ve generously provided more than £1.1 Billion in funding which is helping thousands of organisations and projects.