A COUPLE from Suffolk have scooped a �148million jackpot

The lucky pair, from the Haverhill area, have won �148,656,000 after being confirmed as the only winners of Friday’s EuroMillions draw.

Their identities remained a secret last night, but they are set to be unveiled during a press conference later this morning.

The windfall has propelled them into Britain’s top 1,000 richest people, alongside the likes of the world’s wealthiest chef Jamie Oliver and former Beatle Ringo Starr, who both have fortunes estimated at around �150m.

News of the win was met with shock and excitement in Haverhill last night.

Theresa James, assistant manager at The White Hart pub in Haverhill High Street, said: “I’m quite excited for the person involved – whoever it is congratulations to them, it’s a life-changing amount of money.

“My immediate reaction was to ring around my friends to see if it was anyone I knew!”

Haverhill councillor Anne Gower described the news as “incredible”.

“I hope it brings them happiness,” she added. “It’s quite a huge burden when you win that amount of money.

“Any spin offs and publicity for the town and anything that they might want to do for the town would be brilliant. We’ve got some brilliant charities in the town.

“We have our detractors which I think are grossly unfair and we have a great sense of community.”

The ticket is UK’s second biggest lottery win behind Ayrshire couple Colin and Chris Weir, who scooped �161.6m in July 2011.

It is the second winning ticket in East Anglia within a year - Dave and Angela Dawes of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire won �101m in October.

It also means they are now among the very richest people living in or with links to Suffolk - a list which includes the likes of Bernie Ecclestone (�2.5bn), Ipswich Town owner Marcus Evans (�625m) and Kirsten Rausing (�3.9bn).

The Haverhill couple will celebrate and reveal their plans for the future at press conference today. It’s being held at Down Hall Country House Hotel in Bishop’s Stortford.

A National Lottery spokeswoman said: “We are looking forward to welcoming the ticket-holder into our millionaires club, joining the 2,900 millionaires created by the National Lottery to date.”