A motorcyclist who was involved in a serious accident on the A350 is recovering in hospital after suffering severe back injuries.

The 31-year-old man from Warminster, who has not been named, has been taken off the critical list at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, where he was in a drug-induced coma.

The collision happened on February 22, when the biker was riding along the A350 when he was involved in a collision with a car which had pulled out of the Lacock junction near Melksham.The car driver escaped serious injury.