Police called to bus breakdown in Portsmouth

Police managed traffic at the junction of New Road and Copnor Road due to a First Bus that had broken down.

A police spokesman said: '˜We were in the New Road/Copnor Road area this morning to assist with traffic management after a bus broke down.

'˜We were called at 9.37am.

'˜The bus has since been fixed.'

A spokesman for First Bus said: '˜We can confirm one of our vehicles experienced a technical problem while operating on the Service 2.

'˜Passengers were transferred to the next available service for onward travel.

'˜Engineers attended the scene and the vehicle has since been recovered.

'˜We would like to apologise to customers for the disruption to their journey and thank the police for their assistance in directing the traffic.'