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People in Birmingham say they have had to think outside the box amid the ongoing bin strike as getting a slot at a tip is like “winning a lottery”.
The city council declared a major incident on Monday March 31 because of the impact of the strike by members of the Unite union.
Residents said the crisis is leading them to take matters into their own hands.
“We’re distributing it amongst family that live in other postcodes,” said Vanita Patel, a 47-year-old teacher.
Ms Patel, who works in Birmingham and has family there, travels back to Leicester each week, where she lives and ends up taking her family’s rubbish with her.
She said the family also take their rubbish to her sister’s in Sandwell – a district to the west of Birmingham that is administered by a different council and therefore not affected by the strike.
Ms Patel said the strike has also impacted on the school where she teaches.
She said: “The rubbish not being collected has then prevented planting and growing of vegetables in the children’s garden this year due to the increase of rats.”
She added that she does not believe the issue will be easy to solve: “If the rubbish is out there, (the rats) feast on it, they’ll have more babies. It will be a cycle – the rats will continue.”
In other areas, communities are stepping in when they see people dumping rubbish on the streets.
Javed Iqbal, a 55-year-old community activist, described one incident where rubbish had been set on fire outside his house in Alum Rock, two miles east of the city centre.
In a video being circulated on social media, flames and smoke can be seen emerging from a pile of black bags on the side of a residential road.
He called it “disturbing” but said the community quickly came together to clean it up and it is only part of their response to the situation.
“We’ve set up groups like the street watch patrol. Guys to keep an eye out for elderly, disabled, women, mothers with a single parent, mothers who have got no access to vehicles – see how we can assist them to make their place safer,” Mr Iqbal, who is also part of the Alum Rock Community Forum, said.
“What was heartening for me was to see the youngsters – 18 to 24,” he added.
Naeem Yousef, 47, from Small Heath, described how he has been using his work van to remove his and neighbours’ rubbish from the area.
“I’m a gas fitter. What I have to do is I have to take all my racking out, take all my tools out, unscrew all my shelves and get my wheelie bins in. That of my neighbours, that of my dad’s, when they get a slot at the local centre that allows the vans in,” he explained.
“We just came out of Ramadan and Eid, so we’ve generated more rubbish than we would normally do.”
Mr Yousef said: “These bags are going to pick up more of a stink. So we have more maggots.
“You can see the juice flowing out of the bags onto the road. It stinks.
“And then it’s bringing down the areas.
“People are saying, ‘Look at these areas, how dirty these people are’.
“It’s not our fault because we can’t get bookings in the local tips to dispose of our rubbish. It’s like winning a lottery now to try and get a booking.”
He added: “It’s time now that the Government steps in and actually gets this issue resolved for us because we are paying more money for less services and it can’t go on and on and on because this is going to have a dire impact.”
In a statement on Monday, Birmingham City Council wrote: “The daily blocking of our depots by pickets has meant that we cannot get our vehicles out to collect waste from residents.
“I want to thank residents for their continued patience under difficult circumstances and the community groups who have been working hard within their communities to help with clear-up,” added Councillor John Cotton, leader of Birmingham City Council.
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The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to grow and is now the game’s 8th largest prize of all-time after no one matched all six numbers from Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot.
Here are the winning numbers for the Friday, Nov. 7, lottery drawing jackpot worth $843 million with a cash option of $391.7 million.
Grab your tickets and see if you’re the game’s newest millionaire.
Friday night’s winning numbers were 16, 21, 23, 48, 70, and the Mega Ball was 5.
No one matched all six numbers to win the Mega Millions jackpot.
Zero tickets matched all five numbers except for the Mega Ball worth up to a maximum of $10 million.
You only need to match one number in Mega Millions to win a prize. However, that number must be the Mega Ball, worth either $10, $15, $20, $25 or $50.
Matching two numbers won’t win anything in Mega Millions unless one of the numbers is the Mega Ball. A ticket matching one of the five numbers and the Mega Ball is worth either $14, $21, $28, $35 or $70. Visit www.megamillions.com for a complete list of payout information.
The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing continues to grow and remains the 8th-largest Mega Millions prize all-time at an estimated $900 million with a cash option of $415.3 million, according to megamillions.com.
Drawings are held twice a week at approximately 10 p.m. CT every Tuesday and Friday. You can watch drawings via YouTube.
A Mega Millions ticket costs $5 per play. The Multiplier is included in the price of a single $5 wager, according to megamillions.com.
Here’s how to play Mega Millions:
The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were 9, 17, 29, 61, 66, with a Powerball of 26. The Power Play was 5x.
The current Powerball jackpot continues to grow at an estimated $467 million with a cash option of $218.1 million, after no one matched all six numbers from Wednesday night’s drawing.
Here is the list of 2025 Mega Millions jackpot wins, according to megamillions.com:
Here are the all-time top 10 Mega Millions jackpots, according to megamillions.com:
Here are the nation’s all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:
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As well as improving the experience of autistic visitors, these tips can help a wide range of people to get the most out of heritage.
Resources like ear defenders and sensory maps which show the different levels of noise, light and other stimuli across a site are useful for people with sensory needs. The National Galleries of Scotland provides sensory maps of its galleries and art trolleys containing ear defenders and sensory materials. 
Relaxed sessions give visitors the opportunity to enjoy a site in a calm environment without crowds, loud noises or overstimulating lighting and visuals. Craven Museum in Skipton offers monthly relaxed sessions and quiet spaces for anyone who needs them.
Social stories, visual stories and familiarisation guides use images and text to describe a situation and let people know what to expect. Alongside regular relaxed openings and autism-friendly events, Jodrell Bank has created a familiarisation guide to help people prepare for their visit.
RHS Garden Wisley partnered with the National Autistic Society (NAS) to help improve access to their site.  In response to advice from NAS, Wisley introduced quieter sessions for events, social stories and sensory backpacks.
By offering autism awareness training, St Mary’s Church, Stebbing is helping its staff and volunteers learn more about autism and develop the skills to welcome everybody to the site.
Autistic representation in staff and volunteers can also help more people connect with heritage. Curating for Change – a work placement programme for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent curators in museums – provided practical and achievable steps for employers to welcome a wider diversity of applicants.
We want to support more heritage organisations to ensure everyone has opportunities to explore heritage, regardless of personal circumstances. We advocate for the social model of disability.
Liz Ellis, Policy Project Manager at The National Lottery Heritage Fund, says: “Informed by people with lived experience, the social model of disability views neurodiversity as another aspect of human difference, not as a deficit model. In listening to people who identify with autism, we can all take actions in making heritage more welcoming and inclusive.”
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No one successfully claimed the recent $419 million Powerball jackpot, and now the prize has grown to just under $500 million.
The winning numbers for the Saturday, Nov. 8 drawing were 3, 53, 60, 62, 68 with the Powerball 11 and a Power Play multiplier of 2x.
On top of the jackpot, the $2 million and $1 million prizes for partial matches also went unclaimed.
Since no one claimed the jackpot, the big prize continues to grow. Monday night’s drawing will feature an estimated jackpot of $490 million, with a cash value of about $229 million.
Powerball drawings are televised every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. Tickets cost $2 per play, and adding Power Play for an extra $1 can multiply non-jackpot winnings.
The winning numbers for the Powerball game are drawn from a field of one to 69. The red Powerball is drawn from a separate field of one to 26.
The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable lottery, contributing $3.6 billion in fiscal year 2024-2025 to benefit public schools in New York State.
New Yorkers struggling with a gambling addiction, or who know someone who is, can find help by calling the state’s toll-free, confidential HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY (1-877-846-7369) or by texting HOPENY (467369).
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NASHVILLE– Congrats to a lucky Daily Tennessee Jackpot player in Nashville, who won the game’s jackpot of $260,000 from the drawing held Friday night, Nov. 7, 2025.

The winning ticket was sold at Circle K, 4805 Trousdale Drive in Nashville.
Daily Tennessee Jackpot is a Tennessee-only game with drawings held every day. Tickets are just a dollar per play, and for an extra dollar, players can add Quick Cash for the chance to win up to $500 instantly.
No additional information is available until the prize is claimed.
Meanwhile, excitement is high about the two mega-jackpots for Powerball and Mega Millions. Powerball stands at $490 million for Monday night, while Mega Millions has soared to $900 million for Tuesday night. The Lottery reminds players to have fun and play responsibly.
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The largest lottery prize ever awarded in the UK is still up for grabs after no one won Friday’s Euromillions draw.
At £208million, anyone winning the National Lottery’s jackpot would be instantly richer than the likes of Dua Lipa and Adele.
While the ticket holding the keys to the hefty sum hasn’t been played, ticket-holders are still being urged to check their numbers to see if they have won any of the smaller prizes on offer.
With the total prize money now capped, a ‘Must Be Won’ draw will be triggered next Friday 20 June if there is still no winner, meaning the money has to be given away that night.
This means that all the prize money will be awarded even if no players match all five numbers and both Lucky Stars.
The prize will work in the same way as a standard draw, but if no one picks the winning ticket, it will roll down to the next tier.
This means that anyone who matches five numbers and one Lucky Star will be able to get their hands on the life-changing prize money.
If there are no winners in this tier, the prize money will roll down to the category below.
Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at Allwyn, said: “A win of this magnitude would create the biggest National Lottery winner this country has ever seen.
“Get your tickets early to ensure you’re in with a chance of a massive life-changing win.”
He added: “The EuroMillions jackpot is now capped, so any money that would have gone into increasing the jackpot now boosts prizes in the next winning prize tier, meaning that we’re seeing multiple UK players banking huge prizes for matching just the five main numbers and one Lucky Star.”
After the jackpot was increased to a €200 million in February 2020, it was stipulated that the prize could stay at its maximum value for four draws before a Must Be Won draw would take place.
Prior to that, the original rules had said the jackpot could be rolled 11 times, before a series of changes between 2016 and 2020, as the cap gradually increased.
In October 2019, a UK player managed to match all the numbers to win £170m after the jackpot had rolled over four times.
Similar rollovers occurred twice in 2006, when the jackpot had to be won after 11 consecutive draws which saw no winners. In one case, three players split the share of the jackpot to win £42m each, while in the second case, 20 players ended up winning £6.7m each.
The last major Euromillions win came in July 2022, when an anonymous UK ticket holder bagged the existing record of £195m.
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Winning EuroMillions numbers: Full National Lottery results with Thunderball on Friday, October 17, 2025  Yahoo News UK
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The Minnesota Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Nov. 8, 2025, results for each game:
03-53-60-62-68, Powerball: 11, Power Play: 2
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15-21-23-37-52, Star Ball: 05, ASB: 02
Check Lotto America payouts and previous drawings here.
4-3-9
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
02-05-08-12-27
Check North 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
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