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ITV News Reporter Stacey Foster speaks to a driving instructor and student about the struggles of booking a driving test
Learner drivers got behind the wheel for the first tests since they resumed on Thursday.
More than 450,000 tests were cancelled in Britain due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning the waiting list to book a lost is around 17 weeks, according to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
The newly passed drivers expressed their relief at avoiding the possibility of having to wait several more months for another opportunity.
Candidates said the backlog has put them under more pressure to pass.
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Video report by ITV News Reporter Stacey Foster
A shopkeeper from Hull successfully defended her store from armed robbers by taking the attackers shotgun and locking him in the store.
After Vijitha Jeyathevan heard a struggle on the shop floor, she rushed out to find her brother under attack by the two armed men.
She told ITV News: I thought he was going to kill me, and he is pointing [the gun] at me, that time I thought I m losing everything, I m going to lose my life, everything is lost. I m so scared, I got the gun from him, I said lay down, otherwise I will snap on you.