‘We’ve been very lucky’: owner’s safety warning after horsebox catches fire on A1

The owner of a lorry that caught fire on the A1 is appealing to others to take precautions, as she acknowledges how lucky she, her daughter and her ponies were.

Nikki Green has shared the things that helped in her situation, on 13 July, to raise awareness of the importance of the right safety measures.

Nikki told H&H she was travelling her ponies Val and Stu, with her nine-year-old daughter Lucy, for someone to ride Stu in practice for a competition.

“We were just north...