Venables' wife robbed driving car

The wife of former England manager Terry Venables was robbed while driving her car, it was revealed today.

Robbers smashed the window of 43-year-old Yvette Venables's car and stole her possessions as she drove near her home in Brook Green, Hammersmith.

Her husband, the former Tottenham football manager, was at the airport at the time of the robbery, about to fly up to Manchester to commentate on the European Champions game against Deportivo La Coruna.

When he received a phone call telling him what had happened he abandoned his plans and rushed back to be with his wife who was shocked but not injured during the attack yesterday afternoon.

Mr Venables, 59, said today: "I was on my way to Manchester when I got the call.

"I immediately turned back and headed home. They smashed the window of the car and took everything.

"It was a very nasty experience and Yvette was very shaken up.

"She was not injured but was left shocked and in a pretty bad way."