Second Cannes honour for Ken Loach

Veteran British filmmaker Ken Loach has won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his latest film I, Daniel Blake, the second time he has clinched the prestigious prize.

The director and veteran left-wing activist, 79, took the top accolade at the international film festival for his story of a former Newcastle joiner who struggles in the welfare system after becoming ill.

Loach has had 12 films in competition at the Cannes Film Festival through his long career, including The Wind That Shakes The Barley, which took the Palme D’Or in 2006.