Taxi driver used minibus to save woman from burning house in Lancashire

A quick-thinking minibus taxi driver has been praised after using his minibus to rescue a woman from a house fire. 45-year-old Iqbal Hussain, who drives the minibus taxi for Metro Cars, happened to be driving by the house in Heaton, Lancashire when he saw the woman trapped in the burning house.
The woman rescued by Mr [...]

School double-decker bus goes up in flames outside a Lancashire college

An Arriva double-decker bus used to transport students from Runshaw College, Leyland, suddenly burst into flames as it was waiting outside the college. The incident occurred just as pupils were finishing lessons and due to board the bus.
A school warden who was on duty at the time, helping to line up the buses as they [...]