Button Bridge in town he's Frome

WHAT would be an appropriate homage to a world champion motorsport driver? Their own stretch of motorway, perhaps? A school of driving?

None of those appealed to Frome in Somerset who are instead naming a footbridge after their favourite son, Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button.

"The bridge is going to be built anyway so we decided it would be a good idea to name it after him," was the emphatic statement from town mayor Damon Hooton.

TV comedian Charlie Higson also hails from the town, so presumably a lamppost will be bearing his name soon enough.

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