A man infuriated when his car was clamped decided to take action - by cutting his car in half.

Ian Taylor, from Tredworth, in Gloucestershire, said the untaxed Ford Fiesta was parked on his driveway with only part of a rear wheel touching the pavement.

But clampers from NCP Services, contracted by the DVLA, decided the car was parked on public land without road tax. Mr Taylor was faced with a £280 charge to unclamp the vehicle - which cost him £50 to buy - but instead decided to take an angle-grinder through the centre of the car.