Horrified shoppers and tourists and shoppers told of their shock when a London double decker bus ploughed into a shop in the West End.

Two people were hurt when the bus crashed on busy New Oxford Street, just yards from Tottenham Court Road tube station, just after 10 am today (TUES).

The road was cordoned off around the scene where the bus crashed through the front windows of a shop between an All Bar One pub and Costa Coffee.

Police say two people were injured in the incident; one was taken to hospital while the other was treated at the scene.