IT was a testing time for a Redditch brother and sister but after an 'L' of a time, they both passed their driving tests - within a few hours of each other.

Abigail Fisher, 22, and brother Simon, 20, (above) of Hunt End, had taken their tests in November but failed.

Refusing to give up, they reapplied and on December 17, they both passed.

Simon said: "The examiner who failed me the first time passed my sister the second time and visa versa. It was strange.

"And we didn't even plan to have it on the same day, it just turned out that way. There were so many coincidences."