Christmas has come early for one lottery player in Barnet - after they won more than £100,000.

The unidentified winner claimed a lotto prize worth £100,976 with a ticket bought somewhere in the borough on October 1.

A National Lottery spokesman said: “We’re delighted that the winner of this amazing prize has now come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win. It would have been awful if the ticket-holder had missed out on this substantial and life-enhancing amount of money.

“We would like to remind all National Lottery players to check their tickets every time they play.”

Back in October, the Times Series came up with a few ways to spend the prize money in Barnet.