Club's helpers win the race to stage 10k

Members of a Leeds running club were left “devastated” after a car was found burned out and abandoned having being driven over a recently-refurbished track.

- by Charles Gray

The smouldering Mini was discovered last Saturday morning by the side of the Temple Newsam estate running track.

Tyre tracks and bits of metal, glass, oil and brake fluid were discovered along the track, which had only recently been completed after a refurbishment led by the Crossgates Harriers running club.

Fortunately, volunteers cleared the car and reset the track in time for a 10km race on the Sunday.