Meg Mathews banned from roads for drink-driving after book launch

Magistrates were told her reading was 77mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath – with the legal limit being 35mg.

Meg Mathews pleaded guilty to drink-driving (Ian West/PA)

Britpop figure Meg Mathews has been banned from the roads for drink-driving after crashing her car following a book signing while more than twice the limit.

The 57-year-old appeared before Cornwall Magistrates’ Court in Bodmin on Friday following the incident in Newquay earlier this month.