A loyal Premium Bonds saver has been reward with a big win in the December draw after waiting 65 years to take home a prize.

The longtime saver from Kent won £5,000 for a winning Bond which they purchased in February 1959, when they bought £5 in Bonds.

This was less than two years since the first Premium Bonds draw in 1957. Their winning Bond was number 2EZ318982 and they previously held a total of just £31 in Bonds.

There were a number of big prize winners in the December draw who…