Schumacher family 'moved by vigil'

Michael Schumacher’s family say they been “utterly overwhelmed” and moved to tears by the birthday vigil held by scores of fans and well-wishers outside the French hospital where he is being treated for serious head injuries following a skiing accident last weekend.

Schumacher should have been celebrating his 45th birthday with his family on Friday but instead remained in an induced coma at the Grenoble University Hospital, where he was rushed following Sunday’s accident in the Alpine resort of Meribel.