The bill is also intended to improve road safety by introducing a new drug-driving offence.

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Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been charged with a driving offence after a car crash in Stockport, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

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The bill is intended to enhance the national response to serious, organised and complex crime, strengthen border security and improve road safety by introducing a new drug-driving offence.

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Kennedy from Wonford Street, Exeter, admitted wounding, causing actual bodily harm, and dangerous driving which related to an earlier offence.

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At Flintshire Magistrates Court she admitted careless driving and failing to stop over the original offence.

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Williams was handed a six month jail sentence for the first dangerous driving conviction, 10 months for the second offence, and a further six months for failing to answer bail at that start of his trial.

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Mr Harvey stressed his client was being sentenced for the original offence and not what had allegedly happened on the driving improvement course.

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Under the former solicitor's bill, "causing death by negligent driving would be tried in only the Crown Court and would be a serious offence, with a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment".

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Ms Pryce "had been shocked to receive this letter because she had not been driving the car at the time, and she didn't even know where that area was where the speeding offence had taken place", she said.

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