BUS driver Andy Powell thought he had seen enough bare-faced cheek from yobs hurling missiles at him.

But that was before a female passenger clad in just a coat exposed herself as he took a break in Worcester.

The middle-aged woman provocatively asked the 44-year-old if he liked her coat, he explained.

"I told her it was lovely - it was actually, a nice blue coat with a black collar," said Mr Powell.

"But then she undid it and said 'Do you like what's underneath?' She didn't have a stitch on.

"I said 'Madam you have cellulite!' But it didn't put her off - she leaned over and tried to kiss me.

"I grabbed my money bag and did a runner. I locked myself in the gents until two security men from Worcester bus station came and escorted her away."

Mr Powell claims the bleached blonde has since approached him "several times" while he has been working in Worcester, despite him telling her "I'm gay".

Her response was "I'll soon convert you!"

But it is no laughing matter for Tewkesbury-based Boomerang Bus Company, whose drivers and buses are regularly pelted with stones, eggs, and fruit on the six routes they run in Worcester. Services to Dines Green are among the worst affected.

Mr Powell, who lives with partner Lorraine Groves in Highnam, near Gloucester, and colleague Martin Lawrence have taken to wearing cycling helmets for protection.

Director Nick Warner said a bus window is smashed once a week on average, costing up to £150 to replace each time.

Drivers are also regularly abused and spat at when they are unable to reach bus stops because cars are parked in them, he added.

Mr Warner has called on the authorities to make bus travel a more attractive transport alternative.

"The reality of the situation is that all bus companies throughout the country are having a terrible time trying to recruit drivers for evening services because of the trouble they get," he said.

"We are doing our bit to try and develop a fully integrated transport system. We should all be pulling in the same direction but it is not happening.

"The police should be dealing with the problems - we should not be having to monitor law and order."

No one from Worcester Police would comment.