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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

BBC News

• Bus firm appeals against wheelchair legal decisionAppeal court judges are hearing a case to confirm whether disabled passengers have priority access to disabled bays on buses.

The Guardian

• Disabled man forced off bus by refusal to move pram sparks equality test caseAppeal court weighs legal duty of transport operators to enforce wheelchair users’ priority over other passengers

Manchester Evening News

• Crooked bus inspector behind £400,000 'crash for cash' scam on No 42 bus in RusholmeAsan Akram, from Longsight, is jailed over con which saw Finglands double decker smash into Mercedes driven by his pal Tariq Iqbal

Yorkshire Evening Post

• New legal battle over wheelchair bus rights rowA woman’s refusal to move a pushchair with a sleeping baby from a bay on a bus used by wheelchair passengers - causing a disabled man to have to leave the vehicle - is at the centre of a test case legal battle in the Court of Appeal.

Carlisle News & Star

• Cumbrian bus company shuts down two key routes A bus company has shut down two key routes just days after taking them over commercially.

Other Regional Press

• Cimla councillor calls for bus fares to be reduced Read more: http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Cimla-councillor-calls-bus-fares-reduced/story-24508294-detail/story.html#ixzz3Iq1n5Gcq Follow us: @SWEveningPost on Twitter | SWEveningPost on FaceboCALLS are being made for bus fares to be reduced for residents in the Neath Port Talbot area.