Lotto-mania hit The Argus in Brighton when a real-time breaking exclusive hit its website.

News of a UK multi-million pound winner of the Euro lottery had reached the south coast - and even better... the winner was from its Sussex news patch. Bognor to be precise.

Reporters were dispatched to the story, with no fewer than three different bylines assigned to the overnight stories, despite breaking news elsewhere that the winner was in fact from Scotland.

So at 6.50pm the following story hits the website:

There was more at 6.02am the following day (when the nationals were heading for Scotland):

Then trouble strikes at 11.50am:

And the 9pm update concedes the paper may have been on a wild goose chase:

After that, there was nothing but recrimination:

But just take a look at the ad posted above the final story - a glimpse of hope for the beleaguered newsroom staff, perhaps?