A star of the reality TV show The Only Way is Essex has been banned from driving after being caught going 30mph over the speed limit on the Dartford Crossing.

Lewis Bloor, 24, admitted one count of speeding after being snapped in a Volkswagen Golf doing 81 mph on the QEII Bridge, where the speed limit is 50mph.

He sent in his guilty plea to Basildon Magistrates’ Court by post following the incident on December 4 last year.

On Monday (September 8) magistrates banned him from driving for 28 days and fined him £133.

Bloor was also ordered to pay costs of £90 and a victim surcharge of £20.