A VAN driver said to have hit a cyclist and then driven off, leaving him him dying at the roadside, has today been warned he is facing jail.

Andrew Stanley Edwards, 47, admitted causing the death of Michael Isherwood by careless driving on Kelbrook Road, Salterforth, last November 22.

He also pleaded guilty to failing to stop after an accident.

Edwards, of Hyde in Cheshire, who was employed as a fruit and vegetable delivery driver for a catering firm, was given unconditional bail until July 4, for a pre-sentence report.

Judge Simon Newell told him: "You have to be aware that all sentences are at large and there is a very strong preponderance that will be a custodial sentence in this case."

Mr Isherwood, 36, lived with his parents at Meadow Way, Barnoldswick, and worked as a canal boatmaster, taking parties on canal boat trips.