Higgins leads Manx Rally

At the end of the opening leg, Mark Higgins, driving a Skoda Octavia WRC leads the Gibbs Aquada Manx International Rally, a counting round of both the Irish and British Pirelli sponsored rally championships.

Higgins took the lead on the fourth of today's five stages but his advantage is just 4.9 seconds over the Subaru of last year's winner, Jonny Milner, who led through stages two and three.