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postcode finder is now one of the most used webpages in the UK, with around 100,000 visits every day - that adds up to more than 40million hits per year from people looking for the right code.
The
postcode NE15 8RS was drawn as the Street Prize winner of the People's
Postcode Lottery on Wednesday - and Lorraine Hartley, 61, was the only person in the area with a ticket.
Lorraine, of Lemington, Newcastle, said: "Me and my husband absolutely couldn't believe it when we got the call saying the
Postcode Lottery team were coming round - I still can't now.
Applications are open until next Wednesday, August 14, and the funding is available through three different trusts - People's
Postcode Trust;
Postcode CommunityTrust; and
Postcode LocalTrust.
The funding is available through three different trusts, all of which are funded by players of People's
Postcode Lottery.
Each trust supports projects focussed the following specific themes: ?People's
Postcode Trust wants applications from projects aimed at promoting human rights, combatting discrimination and the prevention of poverty ?Postcode Community Trust supports initiatives working to improve the health and wellbeing of communities, including arts and physical recreation projects, as well as those with a focus on reducing isolation and ?Postcode Local Trust provides funding to groups that are dedicated to improving outdoor space, in addition to increasing access to it.
Attendees included charity's volunteers, service users and local winners of People's
Postcode Lottery.
Neighbours on Wolverhampton Road - who all enter the
Postcode Lottery - landed the lump sum when WS3 4AD was announced as a Daily Prize winner on Monday.
In 2012, in honour of the Olympics, a former brownfield waste site was given the newest London
postcode, E20 to celebrate its regeneration into the Olympic Village.
About six per cent of vehicles - roughly one in 17 - registered in the
postcode area fall into the tax band for cars with the highest emissions.
A Royal Mail spokesperson said: "Originally the 'CF'
postcode area did include lower numbered
postcodes.
In the L11 2
postcode, which mainly covers the area of Norris Green,property sale prices shot up from [pounds sterling]62,000 to [pounds sterling]141,995 in one year.
They said that a
postcode is a group of between five and seven letters and numbers that identify a group of houses or addresses.
The People's
Postcode Lottery will be holding a funding workshop in Stirling next week.
TWO people in Deeside got a lovely surprise after waking up to the good news that their bank accounts will be boosted by PS1,000 each, all thanks to their lucky
postcode.
