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A “sprightly” grandfather hit by a double-decker bus in front of afternoon shoppers is recovering in hospital from extensive head injuries. Cycling paramedics started treating 70-year-old Jack Maunders within two minutes of the accident in Eden Street, Kingston.

A spokesman for Go-Ahead London, which operates the bus, said: “We can confirm the incident did occur whereby an elderly gentleman was hit by one of our route 213 buses. We are currently helping the investigating authorities with their enquiries.”

A loving mother was hit by a train in front of her boyfriend in an apparent accident at Wimbledon station on Sunday, January 8. She was fatally struck by the Waterloo to Exeter service, which passed through Wimbledon at about 7.30pm, and died at the scene.

The first prototype new bus for London, unveiled by Boris Johnston in Trafalgar Square before Christmas, was outside the Guildhall in High Street, Kingston, on Saturday.