A Southend couple have been celebrating after winning a £200,000 dream cottage.
Karen and David Ross, from Branksome Road, scooped the home in a Daily Mail competition.
Karen, 38, said: "It has not sunk in yet. I have not slept since being told that I had won the cottage. I'm over the moon."
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