A taxi driver has been hailed as a hero after driving from Glasgow all the way to London so his passengers wouldn't miss out on their holiday after their flight was cancelled.
John Murphy, owner of Elite Central Travel, was only supposed to be taking the group from Falkirk to Glasgow Airport so they could take their flight to London Heathrow before travelling onwards to the Caribbean.
However, with British Airways cancelling the Glasgow flight because of stormy weather and no other options available to them, John decided to take matters into his own hands and take them to the capital himself - for free.
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The 47-year-old told the Daily Record: "I was bringing customers back from Edinburgh and I got a phone call from a passenger I was supposed to be taking to Glasgow at 3am in a major panic to say that their flight had been cancelled.
"The poor woman was in floods of tears because they had to get to Heathrow for 8am that morning. I started looking for other flights for them and trains, every option available, but there was nothing,
"There was a flight from Manchester to where they were flying to, but they couldn't get on that.
"So it was a case of going home for a shower to freshen up after dropping my Edinburgh customers off and hitting the road to London at 1am.
"The customers were awesome though, and very grateful. I didn't take a penny off them."
If that wasn't enough, John ended up taking some people who were stranded in London back to his native Falkirk with him.
He added: "I checked into my hotel and fell asleep right away, and woke up a wee while later. I had a message on my phone from a guy who ended up being stranded at Heathrow with his daughter after being in Germany to see the Rangers game.
"He spotted my post on Facebook about driving down with a group of passengers.
"I messaged him back right away and told him to meet me at my hotel, I'd take him and his daughter back home with me. Again, I didn't take any money off him. I was in London anyway and having to come back to Falkirk."
On hearing of John's amazing gesture, people were quick to shower him with praise.
One said: "What an absolute trooper. Not many firms would do this", and another wrote: "Not all heroes wear capes, some drive taxis. Well done to everyone."
