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Saturday, 23 June 2012

BBC News

• Anger and daftness amid bus strikeThe BBC finds anger, resignation and downright silliness on the streets as the bus strike bites
• Bus strike over Olympic pay endsA 24-hour strike by thousands of bus workers in London in a dispute over bonus pay for working during the Olympics ends.

Financial Times

• Olympic transport bonanza at stakeWorkers could reap £35m in bonuses if bus drivers succeed in securing the disputed deal that led to a 24-hour strike

The Independent

• Bus strike had 'solid support'London bus workers went ahead with a strike yesterday in a dispute over a bonus payment for the Olympics, causing travel disruption across the capital.Related StoriesDalai Lama takes Salmond's 'snub' in his stride during visit to ScotlandDouglas, we have a problemMarket hunt for £63.8m winnerHeathrow set for big increase in capacityMissing Glastonbury? Isle of Wight festival keeps the spirit alive

The Scotsman

• ˜Excessive™ bonuses at Lothian Buses to be scrutinised by councilCOUNCIL leaders have promised to exert more control over the running of Edinburgh’s main bus companies after it emerged senior executives had landed bumper bonuses.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Lothian Buses bosses under fire over salaries higher than PM and judgesDIRECTORS at Lothian Buses have been paid £175,000 in performance-related bonuses, pushing their incomes far above that of the Prime Minister and High Court judges.

London Evening Standard

• Union brands High Court bus strike decision 'affront to democracy'Unite branded the High Court decision an "affront to democracy."

Metro

• London bus strike goes ahead over Olympic bonusThousands of workers at London bus companies are staging a 24-hour strike in a row over a £500 bonus for working during the Olympics in the first capital-wide strike in 30 years.Bus workers at 17 bus companies are taking part in the walkout, the Unite union said, although Arriva, Metroline and London General were granted a High court injunction preventing employees there from striking. Up to 85 per cent of the capital's bus workers are on strike (Picture: PA) The union's regional secretary Peter Kavanagh said the injunction was an 'affront to democracy'.'We are fast becoming a country where ju...

Wales Online

• Cardiff Bus Station plot gets Olympic makeoverA large section of disused land at the front of Cardiff Bus Station where the old Terminus House building once stood is to be redeveloped in time for the Olympics.

Yorkshire Post

• ˜Quality contracts™ backed to put failing bus services rightTHE CURRENT deregulated system of bus services in West Yorkshire has led to dwindling passenger numbers, fragmented services and is “failing everyone” according to a transport chief who wants introduce a new contract scheme to improve standards and introduce integrated ticketing.

Carlisle News & Star

• Whitehaven's eyesore former bus depot to be knocked down The dilapidated former bus depot in Whitehaven town centre will be demolished within six months™ time because it is a danger to the public.