Coach driver charged over deaths

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The driver of a coach which was involved in a crash in North Yorkshire in which a couple were killed has been charged with manslaughter.

Paul and Deborah Clements, of Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, died after the crash near Staxton last September.

The coach driver, a 52-year-old man from Staffordshire, is charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one of manslaughter.

A 60-year-old man from Staffordshire is also charged with manslaughter.

Both men have been bailed to appear before Scarborough magistrates on 2 February.

Two other people who were arrested in connection with the crash, a 38-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, also from the Staffordshire area, are still on police bail.

The incident left the Clements' 16-year-old son orphaned.

Six passengers on the coach, which was taking adults and children to a marching band competition in Scarborough, also suffered minor injuries.