Skipton man Simon Farrimond has been ordered to pay £260 by magistrates for speeding on the A65 Clapham bypass.

Farrimond, 33, of Otley Road, who, in a letter to Skipton magistrates, admitted speeding on June 12, was recorded doing 70mph on the 60mph road in a VW Golf. He was fined £155, had his licence endorsed with three penalty points and was ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £20 victims surcharge.