Tom Cheetham News Today

A huge blast ripped off the back of an Optare Metrodecker 1050 bus travelling from Mitcham to Raynes Park in South West London yesterday, with 15 firefighters scrambled to the scene.

Transport for London (TfL) insists all its remaining Optare Metrodecker buses are safe and will stay in service despite one catching fire in a blast that ripped off its back in Wimbledon yesterday.

An Optare Metrodecker 1050 bus burst into flames in Wimbledon, South West London, during rush hour this morning while operating route 200 from Mitcham to Raynes Park.

Tom Cheetham notched up the penultimate race on his mission to complete 100 marathons, when he ran 3:07:54 in the Brighton event on the South Coast, writes Tom Pollak.

From two new managing directors at one of the county’s best-known family building firms to a new partner at Willans LLP, here are some of the key appointments in Gloucestershire in November 2021.