Milk float sets new speed record

A SUPERCHARGED milk float has picked up a new world record after reaching a speed of 84mph on a racing circuit.

The specially-adapted vehicle, sponsored by Weetabix On The Go Breakfast Drinks, beat the existing top speed for a milk float of 77mph on the tarmac at Bruntingthopre in Leicestershire.

Complete with bull-bars, and boasting a V8 engine, the float was crafted from a traditional 4mph electric float.

Ciara O'Connor, group brand manager at Weetabix, said: "What better way to deliver our new Weetabix On The Go Breakfast Drinks and acknowledge the nation's changing breakfast habits than on the back of a world record-breaking milk float?"

By Matthew Cooper, Press Association