Barrymore charged following London crash

Entertainer Michael Barrymore has been charged with possession of cocaine and being drunk and disorderly following an early morning car crash, police said today.

The 59-year-old was held at 4.30am on Tuesday after a Citroen DS3 hit a kerb in Acton, west London.

Barrymore, who was arrested alongside another man, is due to appear at Ealing Magistrates’ Court on December 7.