TWO men have been remanded in custody after a Hampshire man was killed by a car in Blackpool.

Student James Bickers, 27, of Lymington, was crossing a road last Saturday when he was struck by a Vauxhall Cavalier SRi.

Yesterday two men from Little Hulton, near Bolton, appeared at Blackpool Magistrates' Court and were remanded for seven days.

Andrew Pilling, 24, of Parkway Grove, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and taking a vehicle without consent.

James Hodgkiss, 20, of Peel Park Crescent, is accused of taking a vehicle without consent.