Soft Cell singer Marc Almond is critically ill in hospital after a motorcycle crash in central London. Almond was injured when a bike on which he was the 'pillion passenger' collided with a car near the capital's Cannon Street station yesterday.
A police spokesman confirmed the crash had taken place at 4pm, adding: "There was a serious collision between a car and a motorcycle at the junction of Cannon Street and New Change in the City of London. Both the motorcycle rider and the pillion passenger are in hospital. The rider has severe injuries and the pillion passenger is critical. City of London Police are investigating the collision. Marc Almond was the pillion passenger."