A SOUTHAMPTON bus driver refused to drive his bus after spotting a slogan on the vehicle saying ‘There’s probably no God’.

Ron Heather, from Lordswood, left his shift early in protest at the atheist comment after being shocked by the message.

First Bus responded by saying that the it would do everything in its power to ensure that Mr Heather does not have to drive the buses.

The controversial messages started appearing on busses across the country earlier this month as part of an advertising campaign.

The campaign is backed by prominent atheist Professor Richard Dawkins, author of bestselling book The God Delusion and the British Humanist Association.

Pressure group Christian Voice has questioned the campaign but the Methodist Church said it was a ‘good thing’ to engage people in debating the deeper questions of life.

The adverts run on 200 bendy buses in London and 600 vehicles in England, Scotland and Wales.