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Motorist held as bus driver dies in crash

Starbucks trip costs him dance with Alex

- BY NADEEM BADSHAH BY NICOLA METHVEN, TV Editor nicola.methven@mirror.co.uk @mirrormeth­s

‘CARNAGE’ Crash scene

A BUS driver was killed and 15 people injured after a horror road smash.

Kenneth Matcham, 60, was behind the wheel of the single-decker when it was involved in the crash with a car and another bus.

Police are continuing to question the car driver, a 24-year-old man, on suspicion of drug driving and causing death by dangerous driving.

Three of the 15 people involved suffered serious injuries in Orpington, South East London, on Thursday night.

A man who rushed to help injured commuters said it was “carnage like nothing I’ve seen before”.

The witness said he heard “an almighty smash” as he got ready for bed.

And he added: “The house shook – it was like a bomb had gone off.”

WINTER may be upon us but Lady Emma Weymouth still looks summery as she arrives to film It Takes Two.

The beaming 33-year-old wore a flowery sports bra and open jacket that showed off her toned abs. She turned up at the BBC studio in London with dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec, 29.

Mum-of-two Lady Emma has clearly been training well for the Strictly sister show.

She and Aljaz will Samba to Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran’s smash hit I Don’t Care on tonight’s episode. That’ll be tum dance for her…

STRICTLY Come Dancing spare Gorka Marquez missed his chance to dance with Alex Scott – by going to Starbucks.

Bosses wanted to pair the profession­al with football pundit Alex Scott after her partner Neil Jones was injured before last Saturday’s show.

But Gorka was out so instead the job went to Kevin Clifton, who dances with Alex, 35, for the second time tonight.

A show insider said: “It would’ve been Gorka but he’d gone out for coffee and, with 45 minutes to go, it had be the fastest option. Kevin was there, it was a case of grabbing the nearest person, so he got the gig. Now it seems unfair to swap partners, so Kevin will dance with Alex for the second time.”

After Gorka, 29, missed out last week fans said Kevin should not have been given a second star

Gorka

SHOW INSIDER TELLS HOW GORKA MISSED OUT

Lady Emma and Aljaz

Alex & Kevin last week partner, having already been voted off with Anneka Rice. One said: “Should be Gorks not King Kev.” Gorka liked several posts that pointed out he and Graziano di Palma were waiting to step in should any male pro get injured.

Alex and Kevin, 37, scored 34 points for their Ghostbuste­rs routine last week. Neil, 37, whose marriage to fellow pro dancer Katya ended this summer, has attended their training sessions in the hope of being able to swoop in at the last moment.

It would’ve been Gorka but he’d gone out for coffee, so Kevin got it

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