The days of the eye-catching Routemaster double-decker bus in London are numbered.
After decades of work in the capital the unmistakeable red bus is to retire next year.
But one bus at least has a future in North Yorkshire, thanks to Brian Jennings.
Mr Jennings, 54, a lawyer for the county council, lives in Northallerton and jumped at the chance of owning a big red bus all of his very own.
The vehicle will be preserved in its final livery and Mr Jennings hopes to find time to use it in connection with fundraising for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
He said: "I'm really thrilled to be the proud owner of a Routemaster. It's been a lifelong ambition."
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