Bluebird to be re-built

The daughter of speed hero Donald Campbell is to restore her father's ill-fated Bluebird craft to its former glory and donate it to a museum.

Gina Campbell has signed the wreck over to Coniston's Ruskin Museum which is to seek funds to build an extension.

It follows two failed bids by Ms Campbell for money from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Mr Campbell died on Coniston Water in 1967 trying to break his own speed record. The boat was recovered in 2001.

The Ruskin Museum must now try to raise about £750,000 to build an extension in which to house the craft.

Bill Smith, the diver who located and raised the boat, is working free of charge to restore the craft to full working order.

In September, a bid for funds was turned down by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), which favoured more "wide ranging proposals".

An initial bid was rejected in 2005.