A 35-year-old mum accused of killing her children in a crash on the M1 has handed herself in after failing to appear at Aylesbury Crown Court.

The judge issued a warrant for her arrest and the Home Office Border Force had been asked to place alerts at all ports and airports to prevent her from leaving the country according to national reports.

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Mary McCann from Derby is charged over the deaths of her son Smaller, 10, and daughter Lilly, four, after she allegedly drove her white Vauxhall Astra into a Scania HGV on the motorway between J14 and J15 near Milton Keynes on August 9.

She and another child passenger survived and were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The lorry driver was not injured in the incident.

She was arrested after surrendering at Aylesbury Police Station overnight.

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: "A woman who was wanted for failing to appear at court in connection with a fatal road traffic collision has now been arrested.

"The woman, aged 35 years and from Derby, presented herself at Aylesbury police station last night."

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