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A man was stopped on the M6 for making a non-essential trip while his wife was in the boot of his car.

North West Motorway Police couldn't quite believe what they were seeing when they pulled the car over on the motorway in Cheshire.

The driver told police he had travelled from Coventry to Salford to collect a £15 eBay purchase of windows.

In a statement on social media, North West Motorway Police said: "A driver has travelled from Coventry to Salford to collect a £15 eBay purchase of windows.

"His wife could not fit in the vehicle so she was travelling in the boot for the return journey when stopped on the M6 Cheshire."

The driver has been handed a Traffic Offence Report (TOR) for the offence.

It comes after police clamped down on people making unnecessary journeys over the weekend.

Many groups in Cheshire and across the country were ignoring Government rules to 'stay at home' to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the UK has jumped from 1,019 to 1,228 - an increase of 209 – the second biggest day-on-day rise in the number of deaths since the outbreak began .