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Wednesday, 27 August 2014

BBC News

• Call for better regulation of busesBus services outside London need better regulation and competition, a centre-left think tank says.
• Bus passenger boost for StagecoachTransport giant Stagecoach says more people boarded its buses this summer as it posts a 4% rise in revenues from regional services.

Financial Times

• Stagecoach sales hurt by London trafficTransport group focusing on growing earnings from bus routes where earnings come from fare-paying passengers amid cutbacks to concessionary prices

The Guardian

• Bus deregulation outside London has been a failure – thinktank reportBus passenger journeys outside London have fallen by 32.5% since 1986, but within the capital they have risen by 99%
• Low-cost home-transport is 'a disaster waiting to happen'Cuts to a £1m specialist bus contract are putting disabled children's lives at risk, say parentsWhen Fiona Mylchreest stood up at a council meeting and described how she believed a disastrous,and avoidable, mix-up on a new, cut-price specialist school bus service had left her severely autistic teenage son Finn traumatised, bleeding and seriously ill, it crystallised the huge risks taken by local authorities as they juggle with extreme spending cuts.Mylchreest was one of several people at the meeting, last month, to raise serious concerns about the new home-transport service for children with s...

East Anglian Daily Times

• UK: Bus demand boosts StagecoachStagecoach said more people got on board its buses this summer as the transport giant posted a 4% rise in revenues from regional services.

Other Regional Press

• Winter bus timetables to come in to force from the end of September WINTER timetables will be running on Dorset’s buses from the end of September.