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Tuesday, 28 October 2014

BBC News

• Preston Bus Station: Lancashire County Council reveal revamp planA proposal for a £23m redevelopment of Preston's Grade II listed bus station which would include a youth centre, have been unveiled.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Coach drivers stage walkout in Bradford over a pay dispute COACH drivers staged a walkout in Bradford yesterday over a pay dispute.

London Evening Standard

• Man 'stole a double decker bus and took it on a joyride through leafy London suburbs' This is a CCTV image of the man  who police want to trace after a double decker bus was stolen and driven through south east London before it was abandoned at a bus stop.

Carlisle News & Star

• Limited reprieve for under-threat Cumbrian bus services Some rural bus services which were under threat of closure have been saved after Stagecoach and Reays agreed to take on the routes and run them commercially, following the withdrawal of subsidies.

Other Regional Press

• Fareham and Gosport bus routes cut and changedBUS services have been cut by £1.5m as the council looks to save money by ending early starts for older people, cutting Sunday services and altering routes.
• School bus passes could be axed plus events and festivals may be stopped as Kirklees Council look to save £69m over the next three yearsCouncil leader urges people to get involved