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Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Nottingham Evening Post

• Bus plug is set to open to cars as part of traffic trialONE of the controversial Gedling bus plugs will be opened up on Monday for a trial. Car drivers will be able to drive through the Burton Road bus plug, which until Monday can only be used by buses. The plug – where the road is narrowed for only buses to go through – will be opened to all vehicles under 7.5 tonnes and a traffic light will control the flow as the road is only wide enough for travel one way at a time. People will be able to send their views on the scheme to the council over the next six months. Responses will be presented to Councillor Richard Jackson, cabinet...

Other Regional Press

• More bus services to be cut in Huddersfield LOCAL buses serving parts of Huddersfield are to be axed.
• New £1.2m bus lane on Leeds Road, Bradley, dug up after planning blunder PART of a newly laid £1.2m bus lane had to be dug up because of a planning blunder.
• MSP in bid to stop First from slashing hospital bus servicesA Glasgow politician has called on bus chiefs to put passengers before profits.

Green Miscellany

• Devolving bus policy In an unguarded moment you may have found yourself gazing at the bar-code printed on the side of your groceries and you may have wondered how the bar-codes are allocated. Common sense tells us that there must be a different bar-code worldwide for every product – even down to its size and colour.read more