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Retailer scoops £10,000 in National Lottery quarterly prize draw

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Darlington-based retailer Linda Stoddart – owner of Linda’s News – has won £10,000 in the National Lottery’s “Site, Stock, Sell” online quarterly prize draw. A further 10 retailers each won £1,000 after they were entered into the draw thanks to maintaining high in-store standards for…

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