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Friday, 29 June 2012

BBC News

• New bus strikes in 2012 bonus rowLondon bus staff are to hold two fresh strikes in a row over Olympic bonuses, including a walkout days before the Games start.

Financial Times

• Union plans pre-Olympics bus strikesLondon™s transport bosses face the prospect of a capital-wide bus strike just three days before the start of the Olympic Games

The Guardian

• Boris Johnson backs Olympic bonus for London bus drivers as strikes calledLondon mayor insists bus drivers have a fair case but criticises Unite for poor handling of negotiations over bonus paymentsBoris Johnson has backed Olympic bonus payments for London transport workers, insisting that it was only fair that they should be compensated for additional work, at the same time as bus drivers announced new strike dates on 5 and 24 July, the latter only three days before the Games start.The London mayor made his comments as bus drivers continue their dispute with London operators to secure a £500 payment in line with Transport for London staff. The Unite trade union, re...

The Independent

• Bus workers to stage new strikes over Olympic bonus paymentLondon bus workers are to stage two fresh strikes in a dispute over an Olympics bonus, including one walkout just days before the Games start.Related StoriesMemorial to Bomber Command unveiled in Green ParkFears grow for missing kayaker in NorwayHusband guilty in dog sex caseLibyans take Straw to court over 'rendition'Boiler engineer questioned over Oldham gas blast death

Birmingham Post

• £32m fund to improve public transport and promote green travelTransport chiefs have been handed a £33 million fighting fund to help tackle congestion, reduce carbon emissions and kick start the regional economy.

London Evening Standard

• Two bus strikes to go ahead in row over bonus payments days before Olympic Games beginTwo more 24-hour London wide bus strikes were ordered today in the escalating row over bonus payments - one of them just three days before the opening of the Olympic Games.

Manchester Evening News

• Runaway bus with passengers on board crashes into barriers while driver gets a drink in MiddletonA runaway bus with passengers on board crashed into a safety barrier “ after the driver forgot to put the handbrake on when he went to get a drink. Witnesses watched in horror as the single-decker, operated by JP Travel, rolled into a wall at Middleton bus station.

Nottingham Evening Post

• £10m Government boost to improve public transportMORE than £10 million has been pledged towards improving public transport in Nottingham.

Sheffield Star

• £24.6m transport boost to increase employment SOUTH Yorkshire has been handed almost £25 million of government funding to improve public transport links and make it easier for people to travel to work.

The York Press

• Chinese transport chiefs meet their counterparts in York THESE Chinese transport chiefs met their counterparts in York to swap ideas about how to keep cities on the move.

Yorkshire Post

• Trolleybus decision expected next monthA FINAL decision on the long-delayed trolleybus scheme in Yorkshire is expected within a matter of weeks.

Other Regional Press

• Huddersfield bus driver swaps the 232 for London 2012A BUS driver is swapping the 232 for London 2012.

Bus and Coach.com

• Bournemouth gets œbiggest investment�What is claimed as the biggest investment ever by a bus operator in the Bournemouth area has seen Wilts & Dorset spend £5,5million on 36 new Volvo B7RLEs with Wrightbus Eclipse bodies for its More services.
• Arriva buys ambulance operatorArriva has acquired Birmingham-based specialist patient transport company Ambuline.
• Coach infrastructure callMore needs to be done to improve infrastructure for coaches in European cities, according to Eurolines president John Gilbert, addressing a meeting of passenger industry representatives in Brussels.
• Buses drive revenue at StagecoachRevenue was up at Stagecoach Group for the year to 30 April, but a healthy performance by the group's bus operations in the UK and North America was in sharp contrast to a downturn in the profitability of the group's rail business.

The Business Desk

• Optare eyes profits following factory move BUS manufacturer Optare today said it was on course to move into the black as the effects of its restructuring and sale to Indian firm Ashok Leyland bear fruit.
• Deadline looms for applications to National Express Foundation COLLEGES and community groups in the West Midlands have until tomorrow to apply to the National Express Foundation for funding.