Several postcodes in the North East have won thousands of pounds in the postcode lottery over the last week (Saturday, April 8 to Friday, April 14). Check our list to see if you, or your neighbours, have won.

North East postcodes have won big on the Postcode Lottery this week, with winners from Croft, Stockton and Hartlepool.

The People’s Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery which aims to raise money for charities while also bringing cash prizes to homes across the UK.

Prizes are then announced every day of the month, with £30,000 jackpots for every winning ticket in a postcode on weekends, and £1,000 prizes for 20 different postcodes every day.

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Check our list to see if you, or your neighbours, have won.

Here are the North East postcodes to have scooped prizes this week (Saturday, April 22, to Friday, April 28):

TS22 5BD, Stockton, - £1,000 won per ticket.

TS18 4PD, Stockton, - £1,000 won per ticket.

TS25 5BU, Hartlepool, - £1,000 won per ticket.

YO11 3A7, Scarborough, - £1,000 won per ticket.

YO31 1BY, York, - £1,000 won per ticket.

YO8 8HN, Camblesforth, - £1,000 won per ticket.

NE3 3UE, Gosforth, Newcastle, - £1,000 won per ticket.

DL2 2TW, Croft, North Yorkshire, - £1,000 won per ticket.

TS26 8RS, Hartlepool, - £1,000 won per ticket.

YO13 9QQ, Scarborough, - £1,000 won per ticket.

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Players can sign up with their postcode and pay £10 per month with a chance to win when they are automatically entered into a draw.

A minimum of 33 per cent from each ticket goes to charity and players have raised more than £950 million for over 9,000 charities and good causes since 2005.