A keen marathon runner whose leg was amputated after she was run over by a Tesco lorry while cycling in London said the £625 fine given to the driver proves cyclists are treated as "second class citizens on the roads".

Reece Dinsdale – who plays Joe McIntyre in 'Coronation Street' – is to leave the soap as he is concerned he will become typecast if he stays on.

TWO “bright, caring” teenage British girls who committed suicide by throwing themselves 120ft from the 11th floor of a block of flats left text messages to their families revealing their pain, an inquest heard yesterday.