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Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Driving ban for ex-councillor four times over limit
A former councillor has received a driving ban for getting behind the wheel while more than four times over the alcohol limit. Emma Holton, of Lambourne Close in Ledbury, previously served as a local politician on Herefordshire Council. She had been on Holyhead Road near Shrewsbury on 10 April when her Land Rover was stopped by officers and she was breathalysed. The former Ledbury South representative pleaded guilty to the offence at Telford Magistrates Court on Wednesday. She was also ordered to undertake 150 hours of community service and pay £199 in costs. The court heard a breathalyser test revealed 144 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of Holton's breath, which was above the legal limit of 35 micrograms. Holton represented her ward between 2015 and 2019, first as a Conservative and later as an independent. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Related internet links HM Courts & Tribunals Service
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Driving ban for ex-councillor Emma Holton four times over limit
A former councillor has received a driving ban for getting behind the wheel while more than four times over the alcohol limit. Emma Holton, of Lambourne Close in Ledbury, previously served as a local politician on Herefordshire Council. She had been on Holyhead Road near Shrewsbury on 10 April when her Land Rover was stopped by officers and she was breathalysed. The former Ledbury South representative pleaded guilty to the offence at Telford Magistrates Court on Wednesday. She was also ordered to undertake 150 hours of community service and pay £199 in costs. The court heard a breathalyser test revealed 144 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of Holton's breath, which was above the legal limit of 35 micrograms. Holton represented her ward between 2015 and 2019, first as a Conservative and later as an independent. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
01-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Banned driver was nearly four times over limit on A41 in Bicester
A man who admitted being nearly four times over the drink drive limit has been banned from driving for two and a half Turnbull, 21, was found to have 133 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath while driving a white Fiat 500 on the A41 in Bicester, Oxfordshire, on 27 April. The legal limit is 35 from Worcester, admitted drink driving at Oxford Magistrates' Court on 22 fined him £708 and told him if he completes a course by 25 February 2027, his 30-month ban will be reduced by 30 weeks. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Banned drink driver nearly four times over limit
A man who admitted being nearly four times over the drink drive limit has been banned from driving for three years and given a suspended jail term. Amar Singh, 25, was found to have 137 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath while driving a Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo on the M4 near Reading on 30 March. The legal limit is 35 micrograms. Singh, of Boxley Road, Chatham, Kent, was sentenced at Reading Magistrates' Court on 22 May. He was given an eight-week jail term, suspended for 12 months, and banned from drinking alcohol for 120 days. He will be able to cut the length of his three year driving ban by 36 weeks if he completes a rehabilitation course by 13 June, 2027. Singh was also told to pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £154. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. Thames Valley Police
