Wigan dad spends £100,000 on original Hey Jude lyrics after 'a few bottles of wine'

A unique piece of musical history bought for £100,000 by a Wigan man "a few bottles of wine in" has been valued at over £1m.

Businessman Alan Murphy, who made millions running Skelmersdale's AM Paper toilet roll factory, bought a notebook containing Paul McCartney's handwritten lyrics to one of The Beatles most popular songs, Hey Jude, in 1998 after the item was auctioned off by Sotheby's in London.

The book was a 21st birthday present for his daughter Davinia Taylor, who was playing party girl Jude Cunningham in Hollyoaks at the time, and set him back around £100,000.

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Today, the notebook has been insured for more than £1m.

As his daughter worked on a nightshoot for the popular soap, Alan says he got comfortable in an armchair in his Wigan home, and after "a few bottles of wine", started bidding on the item via telephone, entering a fierce battle with a collector in America.

The notebook, owned by tour manager and general bodyguard Mal Evans, was stored in a safe for several years, before Davinia decided to contact The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool and arrange for the incredible piece of history to be put on display.

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Speaking at the museum this morning, February 22, as the display was launched, she said: "I was on a night shoot, I think it was about a week before my 21st birthday, and I got a phone call from my dad who was a couple of bottles of wine in.

"He said: 'I've just been on the phone to Sotherby's and guess what? I've bought you the Hey