Go-kart driver killed during race

A go-kart driver has died in an accident at the Brands Hatch racing circuit in Kent.

Peter Dearden, 41, from Clitheroe in Lancashire, was driving in a motorcycle and kart race on Sunday when he was in collision with several other vehicles.

Kent Police said he died at the scene despite attempts by paramedics to revive him.

Another man was to taken to the Queen Mary Hospital, in Sidcup, after suffering a broken leg in the smash.