5 STORIES IN THE NEWS

DRIVER BANNED

Sherrilyn Speid, from Grays, Essex, has been banned from driving after using her Range Rover to try to move Insulate Britain protesters who were blocking the road while she was on the school run.

McCOLL’S CRISIS

Convenience store chain

McColl’s has collapsed into administration, putting 16,000 jobs at risk. The company’s lenders did not want to extend banking agreements.

CHEF’S CANCER

TV chef Dave Myers has revealed he has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. The 64-year-old found fame as one half of cooking duo the Hairy Bikers, alongside friend and fellow chef Si King. He said: “I’ve got to come clean, I haven’t been too well recently and I’ve got to have some chemo.”

PLANE DRAMA

A man opened an emergency exit of a plane, walked on to a wing as the aircraft taxied at

Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and jumped on to the ground. He was arrested minutes later.

BIRTHDAYS

Richard O’Sullivan, actor, 78 Eagle-Eye Cherry, singer,

54; Kate Lawler, former Big Brother contestant, now DJ, 42; Matt Helders, drummer (Arctic Monkeys), 36.