{"id":279288,"date":"2026-02-03T23:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/279288\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T23:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:10:11","slug":"london-bus-driver-who-punched-thief-made-me-feel-safe-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/279288\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;London bus driver who punched thief made me feel safe&#039; &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1aa1pWZ0xKQ0FpUlJ2OGt6UDIzMlk5OWZ0SU9hYzR4a2lCTzJtZ0FEN3ZMbXZFUENJWFZFdzRQbWVVbU1mS0NmQTVKWWtCZEMwa191ZUtUZzlqZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;London bus driver who punched thief made me feel safe&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQRDZGZWVUc2ZYWWwzRlpBNHZHLWJINGdFVmNlVXlDMkJaVmIyQU9DbHkwcVM0VS1WeDMxSk4wMmhNc0JIWlJhWEZhWTBRLXdhS3pjRXRwaVpDNWpwcmhLX1BxWnJBWk9WVDg2S1ZLTzhYU0V2alIzYjlBa2UyV3plUGJjRjZBYTdCSDgweEtUb1hoTDNkUHhqakpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British Justice Secretary says he \u2018supports\u2019 Irish bus driver sacked after chasing down thief<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibkFVX3lxTFBuSG1RWnV2bWZJeE5nNXN4Y29UeF9xNG1YWE9UUzVXNXBnWHBaaGV5ZkNTWTZLeG0ya2d4T20zcWc4WmZBTF9xNTRRLUg5MmMzNmdBak4yaGdkOFEwUlU3eTRONkwwUjRZNmZOZFl3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Passenger says Irish bus driver \u2018didn\u2019t deserve\u2019 sacking after stopping theft in London<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPMElXcUFmU09NMnByZzVZZ1FHVnkyVlcza0RmbWxPZWx2aERzaGNtSG5lQkJDS0J4enpmVE5pWFNITWR3Tm5XemVOa0RVd2p1LUhCcmtNZm4xbjNseVNmMzk1WUV2am5VM3FMR1Z5cjNSRS1qR1hRSGFUXzN1NFNXajBJU0pMSnNwcjUtQ0J4dlFDZlRQWVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victim of theft on bus feels \u2018so guilty\u2019 over hero driver\u2019s sacking<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxNSkxWbndBYVdXcDVUSllRblo5eDY2V0pHaGZBaDRHMWdHSS01alNkT0R3WFR3dUEyc0tWR24yWEhITXZPb1hSSmExa05nSGw2NDRTeW9fZkFWMWpZV2lUWUVUak5MRng4MmNwVUpuZ2txUjFNYmsteTd1U19iYUtkTHRZSkZCNDdVdDlhek9CcHhtVEdqdkUtQ21XdkxqSFQ2YUY2OHRaeGgtZFNjWkRiU2xRdExQWDBWWlp2RnFWOWYzRmNLOWcyRGRSdVZiUkk1ZmthdVpDdjNIREUtUjhCM0c1c0FwQ1R5RV82NVEwSUdYUDQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Hero\u2019 Irish bus driver says he wants apology for sacking after catching thief who stole passenger\u2019s necklace<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;London bus driver who punched thief made me feel safe&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBritish Justice Secretary says he \u2018supports\u2019 Irish bus driver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-279288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}