Two 'dangerous' cars seized by Warwickshire County Council's trading standards service have been given to Warwick Trident College.

The cars, which were identified during a recent sweep of local car sellers, will be used by students for some hands-on experience repairing vehicles.

And the council said this was the start of a new arrangement with the college.

"Warwickshire Trading Standards enforce a range of laws that seek to protect all road users and prevent unroadworthy vehicles from being sold. Sometimes this means that they come into possession of some very dangerous vehicles," said Cllr Andy Crump, portfolio holder for fire and rescue and community safety.

"Rather than see them go to scrap, Warwickshire Trading Standards has established a relationship with Warwick Trident College to donate these vehicles to them for their students to practise their maintenance skills and boost their mechanical knowledge."

The council said that garaged had been targeted based on complaints from customers.

And a quarter of garages visited in the most recent survey had unroadworthy cars up for sale.

Lee Kirk head of department for automotive engineering at Trident said: "This really is a 'win win' situation.

"Our automotive engineering students get to work on real world vehicles with very real/serious faults that require accurate diagnosis and as a result of the actions of the local authority, the roads are safer for us all."