Wayne Rooney charged with drink-driving

Aidan Rennie-Jones
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Everton and former England football star Wayne Rooney has been charged with drink-driving.

Rooney, 31, was arrested while at the wheel of a Volkswagen Beetle in Wilmslow, Cheshire, at 2am today.

The news comes after he announced last week that he would be retiring from international football after a career that saw him score 53 goals in 119 appearances for England and become the most prolific goalscorer in the history of the national team.

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