The former boss of BHS, who bought the retail chain for just £1, has been banned from driving for six months for speeding.

Dominic Chappell, from Blandford, exceeded a 40mph speed limit in Andover, Hampshire, on April 6.

The 49-year-old was driving a green Range Rover on Churchill Way when a police officer clocked him driving at an average speed of 63.9mph at 8.47pm.

After being pulled over, Chappell told the police: "This will cost me £25,000. I've been driving since I was 18 and have never had an accident.

"I drive an average of 35,000 miles a year and I used to be a race car driver."

He was disqualified from holding a driving licence for six months at Aldershot Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Chappell, who previously pleaded guilty to the offence, has 10 points on his licence for three other speeding offences in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

He was given six points for his latest speeding offence, bringing the total on his licence up to 16.

He was also fined £665 and ordered to pay £150 in costs.

Magistrate Jenny Gove said his speed was "really very excessive" and that Chappell would not suffer exceptional hardship by having his licence taken away.

She added: "We don't find exceptional hardship - it has to relate to other people who are innocent. You are the one who has to be punished."