£300 fine and six points

Bolton motorist Laszlo Bago, 45, of Halliwell Road, was banned for six months for driving without insurance, fined £300 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge, the Bolton News reports.

Bago said that he could not afford to pay for insurance when he was caught driving a Volkswagen Polo in Blackburn Road, Bolton, at 4pm on 1 June. He already had six points on his licence.