Stop that Mayor ... Johnson says sorry for bike offences

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Like his party leader David Cameron, who apologised for ignoring red lights on his bicycle in March, Mayor Johnson was followed on the 20-minute ride between his home in Highbury and City Hall, and then back again.

On his way to work, he was seen riding - without a helmet - through two red lights and asking a cab driver how to get to London Bridge. Minutes later, the film shows him riding his bike on to the pavement to take a shortcut through Potters Field park close to the South Bank.

Later, during his journey home, the Sunday Mirror captured a suited Mr Johnson correctly walking with his bike back through the park. But he then ignored two red lights in the City near Monument Tube station.

After a quick chat with another cabbie about bendy buses near St Paul's Cathedral, the Mayor is seen going through another red light at Angel. As he neared his home, he was filmed failing to stop for a pedestrian at a zebra crossing before going through another red light.

The video sparked a furious reaction from Andy Shrimpton from the StopAtRed cyclists' campaign, who said: "I'd like him to sign our online pledge to obey red lights in the future and show how sorry he is."

A spokesman for Mr Johnson said: "Boris feels strongly that cyclists should not jump red lights and if he did so then clearly that was a mistake and he will be more careful in the future."