{"id":403336,"date":"2026-02-02T04:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/403336\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T04:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:02:07","slug":"hero-bus-driver-says-he-wants-apology-after-he-was-sacked-after-catching-thief-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/403336\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hero\u2019 bus driver says he wants apology after he was sacked after catching thief &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNU0JnOEQ0RDFwdmVMZmtQd2NYTXdYQXFSY2JNOHlXdjhpb1UycXdSbFpSeFItUjZFODhhbUh2engxaVZ2QktyMzd4YjBfRURoZWFhaUFtX2pVbHNyYkZrTHhscFphLWhkYjhXNkpVNjJVMDVzY3poZVVkdndhRlh3czZHNHd0dS1JV1pNNi1ZODR1a2NrSDZmWEc3amxWT24wYU9hSw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Hero\u2019 bus driver says he wants apology after he was sacked after catching thief<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5fNlUxbFpPY0NkUElSVTZ4X3REUm1FMjd1eUpONG03dmJDYWR1dC00U292NVNXbFVqOGNoUElza0JISk8tMHpQenB3aEdFaTNPdlEwT0I4Z0w3Qjhz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reinstate bus driver sacked for punching thief, petition demands<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPMHJoczRCWGpZUndiWTNKcDZXSFZRR2xxOTVrdXF2SmROdmFTUTZfMTQxTWY5S29iel9scy1aVmJLODhnaGZRbWlrbGJ5SGYzcXI5eDhHUkJUMjFnM2tVTHJkRFhibG1JVi1LUUhaVXFfMVY2QVlMWFRUVnlmeUkwTUk2YU5yRzYtR3lpN3Z6OERtd0ZvMWxGQUh0TjhLTHp0WVFVU2ZfbzNkMFFzZGpjNzN3R1VPeVdnclUyZ2dn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">London bus driver sacked after chasing and punching man who stole passenger&#8217;s necklace<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPOFJreUowc3lfelNud3VQWHRmejZ3Z0lFWXVhc0JzSnFmUkhmRXhYTklaSXNWZHpWb3dmSXZpSk05d2pBdkVxb2pBQjY0WHRFb2ZhcF9HemI2NDdNMHE5aXJOX2xha281emJfWVhoR0ZEeXpBdF9WTXdwOG9JM0dFc1VDeHQ2WnFiakZJb3NXUmNVNzJOWmtwcldCa2RQa0NrdHhnSVZyM1Fkekd2WVpz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Hero\u2019 bus driver who was sacked after catching a thief demands apology as he slams former employer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNdTBiVXpDRlR0RUtNR0x5RXNPTTdzT1h2MzBwNWctWC1ES1JPbU9oZDgyb2twTUVtQ21tZm1IS3dFQzdBYWxFenNERlNmOExaSkp1bXlTamtGOFlLWGZKbFh6NXJRSU9Mb2tvVDNkYllUQU5CM1VPYUk3Ynp6TVhMUFFleGVmTWdlRG1LRzJBR2hEWERWWnNzYVJ3bW04RFNxanA4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The sacking of a London bus driver for stopping a mugger shames us all<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Hero\u2019 bus driver says he wants apology after he was sacked after catching thief&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardReinstate bus driver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,2274,17881,388,50,115549,3852,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-403336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-london","tag-news","tag-politicians","tag-robert-jenrick","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}