EuroMillions winner who bagged £148m 'ditches mansion and moves in with mum'

A EuroMillions winner who bagged a whopping £148million has reportedly ditched his huge mansion and moved in with his 80-year-old mum. Former postman 54, won the along with his then-wife Gillian in 2012, but is now giving up the luxury seven-bed country home he shares with his fiancée Tracey Biles.

The couple will move to his 80-year-old mum's modest four-bed home he purchased for his parents. A friend told The Sun: “He thinks he can just downsize and have a simple life and go back to how things used to be before he was mega rich. The house he is leaving is one he bought with his ex Gillian and where he split from his other fiancées so it’s full of bad memories for him.

"He loves Tracey. He loves his mum so it makes sense for them to all move in together.” He proposed to ambulance worker Tracey last . Bayford split from Gillian 15 months after their life-changing win.

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Bayford had been trying to sell his £12.3m mansion on the outskirts of Cambridge, where he had a vineyard, opened an Airbnb and staged festivals.

The Cambridge Rock Festival was a four day event with tickets starting at £129, increasing up to £139, £149 and £159. The music festival had around 60 rock bands and went until 11pm each night.

However, in 2023, he was forced to scrap the event because the local council refused to provide him with a licence.

He had purchased the 17th century farm house in 2014 and was granted permission to turn the property into a holiday rental. Bayford later revealed plans to build a theme park on 20 acres of his 198 acre Grade II-listed Georgian estate. However, six farm buildings would need to be taken down to help build the 90-space car park, a maze and train ride.

Bayford said in planning documents he was "seeking to create a highly regarded and well-known leisure destination which provides a fun, exciting and educational day out." The council rejected the proposal and said it would be too "urban" for the countryside location.

BNE Urban Design said: "The proposal lacks integration into what remains a site of rural character. Long views towards the development is of particular importance as well as the total composition needing to retain a high percentage of softness in the landscape between the various built-form elements," they argued.

"Through car dependency and increased footfall associated with new retail uses the character shifts substantially away from a rural character."

An Environmental Health officer warned the proposed park would be a nuisance to those in "close proximity" to the site.

The officer said: "Whilst detailed design information with regards to the layout and composition of the proposed development is not available at this stage, particular consideration needs to be given towards the prevention of nuisance that may be caused by commercial premises/uses affecting residential properties in close proximity."