Marussia test driver Maria De Villota has been taken to hospital with “life-threatening injuries” after suffering an accident in the UK this morning.

REFEREE Howard Webb admitted he was wrong to award a penalty to Manchester United in their Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Shares in Huntingdon Life Sciences, the research laboratory brought to the brink of closure by animal activists, soared as investors cheered its rescue package.