FOUR drivers appearing at Skipton Magistrates' Court were banned from the roads after admitting drink-driving.

David Wright, 56, of Stirton Lane, Stirton, near Skipton, was disqualified for three-and-a-half years after being caught drink-driving for the second time in 10 years.

Wright admitted having 76 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on April 1 this year at Eshton Road, Gargrave.

Police stopped his car after seeing it swerving, almost clipping the grass verge at times.

Magistrates were told he had lost his licence for 23 months in March 2016 for drink-driving and that the minimum ban for a second offence within 10 years was three years.

He was ordered to pay a fine of £346, a surcharge of £138 and costs of £85.

He was told he could reduce his sentence by 40 weeks if he completed the drink-drive rehabilitation course.

Paul Bryar, 38, formerly of Spencer Close, Skipton, but now at Fagley Terrace, Bradford, admitted driving at 9.15pm  in Millenniun Road, Airedale Business Park, on March 17 this year with 58 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

He was disqualified from driving for 15 months, fined £500 and ordered to pay a surcharge of £200 and costs of £85. He was offered the drink-drive rehabilitation course which would reduce his sentence by 15 weeks if completed successfully.

James Burton-French, 34, of Main Street, Embsay, was disqualified from driving for 12 months after admitting driving with 48 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

The offence occurred on March 29 at Skipton Road, Embsay. Police had stopped him at 11.45pm because he didin't have his lights on.

He was fined £461 and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £184. He was offered the drink-drive rehabilitation course to reduce his sentence by 12 weeks.

The fourth driver was Megan White, 20, from Old Back Lane, Wiswell, near Clitheroe, who admitted drink-driving after crasheing her car on the A59 roundabout near Bolton Abbey on August 7 last year.

A witness said her vehicle, a white Audi became airborne after it hit the roundabout, went through a wall into trees and caught fire.

She was found to have 125 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrammes.

White was disqualified from driving for 15 months, fined £80 and ordered to pay a surcharge of £32 and costs of £85.

She was also offered the drink-driving rehabilitation course to reduce her sentence by 15 weeks if successful.