Vandals caused delays to a bus service this morning... by showering it with talcum powder.

The Stagecoach bus was cleaned at Folkestone Bus Station and meant the 8.22am service between Folkestone and Dover was cancelled.

The bus company apologised to customers via its Twitter account "due to the bus being vandalised".

A spokesman for Stagecoach confirmed the incident saying: "The bus needed cleaning because a bottle of talcum powder had been emptied around the top deck.

"We assume [it was done] deliberately owing to the amount and distribution of the powder."