A DRIVER was caught using a mobile phone and not wearing a seatbelt while on the motorway.

He was stopped on the M56 eastbound near Lymm yesterday, Thursday, afternoon.

Police say they had a mobile phone to their ear and were talking and driving.

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They were issued a traffic offence report, given points and fined.