Mr Pitta's main project, to cut congestion with a sort of souped-up trolleybus, has yet to get going.

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Wes is also game for a laugh and has tried his hand at unlikely activities including bingo-calling, doing a John Travolta impression on-stage at the New Theatre, trolleybus-driving and taking to the racetrack at 150mph at Silverstone... albeit with someone else at the controls!

BBC: Oxford - Presenter Profile: Wesley Smith