By RICHARD LITTLEJOHN ON THE BUSES update. Following last week's story about the driver who refused to stop for a passenger who was employing the 'wrong kind of wave' comes news of another novel excuse.

By RICHARD LITTLEJOHN THE German police have asked their British counterparts to search for a 'most wanted' terrorist who is believed to have fled here. He is being sought in connection with a plot to attack targets including Frankfurt International Airport and the U.S. air base at Ramstein.

By RICHARD LITTLEJOHN THIS column doesn't go in for supporting wildcat strikes. But it's not hard to understand why prison officers have a grievance. Starting salary is 17,774, the average just 23,992 for one of the most difficult and dangerous jobs going.

By RICHARD LITTLEJOHN THE Government has set up a website to encourage us to leave our cars at home. Type in your destination and it will tell you the greenest way to get there.

By RICHARD LITTLEJOHN IN ONE respect, the terrorists have already won another small victory, even though this time their bombs didn't go off. The appalling disruption at Britain's airports just got worse. The authorities can be guaranteed to cause the maximum possible inconvenience to travellers.