THE number - or numbers - of a 60-year-old Kidderminster woman came up when she won £202,000 playing bingo in the town.

The winner, who asked not to be named, carried off the bumper prize from Shipleys, in New Road.

She will be splitting the cash with a friend she was playing with on Sunday night.

"We have always had a pact to share whatever either of us wins and this time will be no different," she said.

The pair play at Shipleys every Sunday night and their previous biggest wins were £500.

Apart from the national bingo game prize of £200,000, the winner, who works in an office in Birmingham, also claimed a regional prize of £2,069 and the club prize of £168.

She completed a full house in 42 numbers, the lowest call in 500 clubs playing nationwide. Her husband, a sales manager, will be 60 this year.

"My friend rang him at home to tell him the news, while I went to the office to fill out the paperwork," said the winner. "I told her to break it to him gently but, not surprisingly, he didn't believe her at first."

She went on: "I still can't really take it in myself. I trembled a little bit when they announced how much we had won.

"I thought we might get the regional in 42 calls but not the national. We went back to my friend's house afterwards and had a cup of tea to bring us down to earth."

A new conservatory for her home is one of the first things she will spend some of her winnings on.