Top Gear host Hammond takes steps towards recovery

MEDICAL staff yesterday said Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond’s recovery was continuing as he recuperated on a general ward after being transferred from a high-dependency unit yesterday.

“He is continuing to make good progress. He’s doing well,” a spokesman for Leeds General Infirmary said.

On Saturday, Hammond was well enough to share a joke with his wife Mindy and is also said to have seen his daughters Willow and Isabella for the first time since the crash.