Skipton man Simon Farrimond has been ordered to pay £260 by magistrates for speeding on the A65 Clapham by-pass.

Farrimond, 33, of Otley Road, who admitted speeding on June 12 by letter to court yesterday, was recorded doing 70mph on the 60mph road in a VW Golf.

His licence was endorsed with three penalty points, he was fined £155 and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £20 victims surcharge.