The eight North East postcodes to scoop prizes on the Postcode Lottery this week

Postcodes from across the region were picked out this week for £1,000 prizes.

County Durham players in Crook (DL15 9QA) and Chester-le-Street (DH3 3UJ and DH3 1FE) were some of the lucky winners.

Further afield players in Middlesbrough, Thirsk, Gateshead and Morpeth, and Northumberland also celebrated.

The People’s Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery which aims to raise money for charities while also bringing cash prizes to homes across the UK.

It unveils daily prizes for postcodes across the UK, including £30,000 jackpots for every winning ticket in a postcode on weekends, and £1,000 prizes for 20 different postcodes every day.

A minimum of 33 per cent from each ticket goes to charity, and players have raised more than £950 million for over 9,000 charities and good causes since 2005.

The Postcode Lottery winners and prize amounts this week are:

• DL15 9QA – Crook
• DH3 3UJ – Chester-le-Street
• DH3 1FE – Chester-le-Street
• TS6 0AY – South Bank, Middlesbrough
• YO7 2NU – Thirsk
• NE11 9DT – Gateshead
• NE39 2BY – Gateshead
• NE65 8UH – Morpeth