A woman has scooped a £53,000 jackpot at a South Tyneside bingo club.

The 59-year-old winner, who asked not to be named, bagged the tidy sum at the Majestic Club, on Fowler Street, South Shields.

The grandmother won the money during a national game of bingo with punters playing at 500 clubs across the country.

The mystery winner clocked up a full-house of 41 numbers at the game on bank holiday Monday.

The woman is a regular at the club and plays three times a week with her 60-year-old husband and another couple.

The two couples always go to the bingo together and have agreed that any winnings will be shared between them.

Despite playing bingo since she was 16 the 59-year-old has never had a win as big as this. She said: "I just love my bingo."