Bus driver ‘stopped vehicle to pray’

A bus driver in north London has attracted complaints after he stopped the vehicle to pray midway through a journey, it has been reported.

The driver of the number 24 bus in Gospel Oak pulled over without warning, rolled out a fluorescent jacket as a makeshift mat and performed a five-minute prayer as passengers looked on. The engine was kept running and nobody was able to leave the bus during the incident as the driver was blocking the door.