Ukip leader Nigel Farage missed out on a TV appearance and another chance to ridicule the Prime Minister's deal on European reforms, after he got stuck in traffic.

Mr Farage was caught in a jam on the A1 as he made his way to Bradford for Thursday's Question Time programme and his deputy leader Paul Nuttall had to stand in.

The outspoken MEP was due to face off against Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, Labour MP Shabana Mahmood, Liberal Democrat president Baroness Brinton and political journalist Isabel Oakeshott.

In December 2014 Mr Farage blamed his failure to turn up to a reception with supporters in Wales on "open-door" immigration.

"It took me six hours and 15 minutes to get here - it should have taken three-and-a-half to four," he said.