Lottery bosses hunt Tameside's missing millionaire, who has just two months left to claim a £1m jackpot

Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at National Lottery operator Allwyn, says he has "searched high and low across Tameside" for the winner of the 1 July draw but found no one. The ticket — bought somewhere in the Greater Manchester borough, which includes Hyde, Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge — must be claimed before midnight on 28 December or the prize is lost.

The winning numbers were 5, 8, 26, 33, 39, 42, with Bonus Ball 54.

A separate £12m unclaimed ticket from Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales is also outstanding, with Kath Main, 46, claiming it is hers but was thrown away after a Londis scanner wrongly told her it was a loser.

Missing prizes go to good causes; the biggest unclaimed UK jackpot in history was a £63.8m EuroMillions win.