Driver fined for trying to give friend 360-mile lift

A driver has been fined by police after attempting to make a 360-mile round trip to give a friend a lift to the airport.

The 20-year-old driver, originally from Sheffield, drove down the M1 to Coventry where he intended to pick up a passenger and take them to London Heathrow.

West Midlands Police said officers, who were on patrol in Coventry at around 10.15am yesterday, pulled the car over in Corporation Street after it was spotted driving erratically.