Stamford arrest as car driven on wheel rim ignites

Car on fire Image copyright Peterborough Police
Image caption Images shared by police on social media show the car on fire in Stamford

A car burst into flames after being driven on its wheel rim for several miles by a drink-driver, say police.

The car was stopped at about 05:20 GMT after it was driven down the A1 and on to Tinwell Road in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Peterborough Police tweeted it was "the result of an uninsured drink-driver driving on the steel rim of his wheel".

Police from Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire arrested the driver, with members of the public helping.