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Monday, 20 April 2015

BBC News

• Better rural transport 'vitally important' for Weston's villagesInvesting in transport infrastructure in Weston-super-Mare's surrounding villages is a key issue for the area, candidates have said.
• Second transport strike to go aheadPublic transport workers are to take part in a second strike that will affect all bus and rail services in Northern Ireland, the union Unite says.

Mail Online

• Now that's a tight squeeze! Mercedes squashed front AND back by buses in four-vehicle pile-up  The driver and passenger of the Mercedes were treated at the scene of the crash in Goodge Street, central London this morning, police said. The car had been sandwiched between two 'Boris Buses'.

Belfast Telegraph

• Translink strike: Bus and rail workers to hold one day stoppage on May 6Bus and rail staff will hold a one day strike on Wednesday, May 6, union Unite has confirmed.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• All aboard for Roundhay Park dragon boat raceROUNDHAY Park is set to host an eighth annual Dragon Boat Challenge to raise cash for Martin House Children’s Hospice.

North Wales Live

• Birkenhead politician Frank Field launches campaign to save last cross-river night bus service 500 and 501 buses between Liverpool and Wirral are being withdrawn from April 18

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Land speed record attempt for Biomethane bus Launched at Brooklands Museum, home of British land speed records, on Friday 17 April, a bold and inventive attempt at a new speed record for a service bus is the newest imaginative idea of Reading Buses to help champion its low emission Scania buses that run on Biomethane Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The company has announced that the unique bid to have the fastest bus in the world will take place on a banked circular track at Millbrook, just outside Bedford, on May 19. At the same time as the compressed natural gas bus attempts the speed record, it is planned to issue the fastest ever on ...