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West Sussex’s very own intrepid space explorer Tim Peake seems to have brought back some luck from the stars, as two winners from West Sussex become July’s Premium Bonds millionaires this month.

NS&I today announced that its Chief Executive, Jane Platt CBE, will stand down this summer after 10 years’ running the organisation. She was appointed in September 2006, following a successful private sector career in financial services.

NS&I today published its un-audited quarterly results for the third quarter (October to December 2015) of the financial year 2015-16. NS&I delivered £2.3 billion of Net Financing in Q3 2015-16, giving a year-to-date total of £10.1 billion.

Despite receiving a fair share of Valentines’ cards over the years, this month ERNIE has shared his love in Wales and the City of Nottingham, making two lucky women Premium Bonds millionaires.

It’s been a great year for Leicester, and with the football team riding high in the Premier League, the city is also celebrating the New Year in style with the news that two of its own – a man and a woman – have become Premium Bonds millionaires.

NS&I today published its un-audited quarterly results for the second quarter (July-September 2015) of the financial year 2015-16.

This month’s jackpot winners are in Cumbria and Bedfordshire. A male living in Cumbria Bond number: 225EP035620 Winning Bond bought in June 2014 Total holdings: £27,590 A female living in Bedfordshire

Savings levels in Britain rose over the summer months putting Summer 2015 as the healthiest on record for levels of personal savings in a decade, the latest research from NS&I reveals.

For the October 2015 draw, ERNIE paid out over 2.2 million prizes of more than £64 million in value. There were 57,246,978,536 eligible Bond numbers in the draw.

NS&I today announced that it is reducing the interest rate on its Direct ISA by 0.25% to 1.25% tax-free/AER. This change will come into effect from 16 November 2015.