Transport Secretary leaves hospital after cycling accident

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said he was hospitalised and underwent surgery after falling off his bike this weekend.

“In and out of hospital after coming off my bike while out this weekend,” the Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield said via Twitter on Sunday evening, “Big thanks to brilliant NHS staff @enherts QE2 & Lister Hospitals who patched me up yesterday, followed by a minor op on my lip today. Thank goodness for bike helmet, without which it could have been worse!”