A LUCKY pet store owner felt like the cat who got the cream after winning a van in a pet show raffle.

Phillipa Jones, from Bromyard company RT Animal Feeds, was at the GLEE pet show at the NEC, Birmingham.

As always, there were the usual salespeople clambering to grab the attention of the visitors at the show and when Phillipa was asked to buy a raffle ticket that could win her a van, she was less than enthusiastic.

"When I was offered the ticket I didn't actually want it and I remember asking the rep if I really had to buy one," she said. "In the end I just gave up and said that I would take it. I'm glad I did now."

Phillipa soon received an answerphone message which promised good news.

One quick call to IAMS, the company which was giving away the van, and she was told that she had won.

"I was totally shocked and I think I still am now," she added. "I've never won anything else in my life."