Tonight:
-1°c
Precious is a new-style weepie but one that is much more bracing than depressing
Disgraced police chief Ali Dizaei was stripped of his £90,000 salary as he starts a four-year prison term on a wing for vulnerable prisoners at Wandsworth jail
More...
Richard Hammond: No one will insure me for a skiing holiday
Last updated at 09:26am on 25.11.09Injury-prone Top Gear host Richard Hammond said he is struggling to get insurance for a skiing holiday.
Accident-prone: Richard Hammond isn't the safest of bets for a safe trip
The presenter was left fighting for his life after a horrific smash three years ago as he drove a jet-powered dragster.
And now an ankle injury has left him struggling to get cover for a festive trip, he told Absolute Radio today. The star - known as Hamster - said his history means insurers were already reluctant to take him on.
He said today: "Running in the woods, I twisted my ankle so the holiday insurers say we can't insure you.
"It is always a tremendous moment - say the name Richard Hammond, long pause, 'any accidents in the last ...?' yes, all right, yes there have been."
He added: "I'm collecting rubbish ailments. I've had kidney stones, they're not very heroic. Athlete's foot, that's a puller. Hernia, oh yeah.
"Now I've twisted my ankle. None of them are the kind of things you lean on at parties."
Reader views (2)
Who cares, if he acted his age he would not have a problem. As a married man with kids he should think of them and not himself and what next he can do to get into the tabloids. Anything for money huh!
- Anon, uk
Love you Richard but I think it's time for a hair cut - it could be considered a trip hazard!
- Sm, Oxon, UK
