Motorsport: Matt Edwards clinches third British Rally Championship title

With a display of total self-belief Welsh driver Matt Edwards (VW Polo GTi R5), co-driven by Darren Garrod, clinched his third consecutive British Rally Championship title with outright victory in the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally in Newry. 

They were involved in a title battle with their Melvyn Evans Motorsport team-mates, Welshman Osian Pryce and Killarney’s Noel O’Sullivan, who crashed on the penultimate stage.