This is the heart-warming moment a local politician discovered he had become a grandad - while on a Zoom council meeting.
John Cottee, 66, was chairing an online session with Nottinghamshire county councillors when he got the joyous news.
He could be seen pumping his fists as though he had scored a winning goal when he received a text from daughter Nicola.
His fellow councillors appeared bemused as they watched usually-serious John understandably lose his cool.
He eventually told them: “I do apologise, I’m a bit excited. I’ve just become a grandad for the first time.”
The other councillors began beaming with delight and congratulated “gobsmacked” John, from Keyworth, Notts.
He said afterwards: “I just looked down at the text and saw it was my daughter. I think a bit of a beam came on my face.
“Obviously I knew I was going to be a granddad. But I didn’t realise it was actually going to happen during the meeting.
“It threw me out completely. I was gobsmacked. It’s one of the nice bits of life, isn’t it? You’ll always remember that.
“During this crisis, we had a very lovely moment.”
John has ordered a train set for the newborn because he said he was “denied” having one when he was young.
He added: “I keep saying to my two daughters that I’m too young to be a grandad. I mean, I’m probably not.
“But both Lorraine, my wife, and I are absolutely delighted.”
