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Monday, 11 May 2015

Belfast Telegraph

• Cuts to bus routes on hold as union works on a rescue dealTransport bosses have parked plans to cut town centre bus services in a bid to chart a new route through the Stormont spending constraints.

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published 10,000 fines issued to Derby bus lane and bus stop offendersDERBY'S Labour leadership says its spy camera crackdown on drivers misusing bus stops and lanes is "fully justified", after statistics revealed more than 10,000 fines had been issued in less than five months.The comment comes after the city's Conservative opposition questioned whether the CCTV cameras enforcing the law on three bus lanes and the bus stop by the city's train station should stay.Labour says the city council's move means people can use the bus stop safely and that bus...

London Evening Standard

• Passengers temporarily stranded as double-decker rail replacement bus gets stuck on traffic islandPassengers on this marooned double-decker, laid on in lieu of a suspended Tube line this afternoon, might have been better off walking.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Off-duty police tackle bus yobsOff-duty police stepped in more than 50 times in the first three months of this year to help public transport users and staff deal with poorly behaved passengers.