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Tuesday, 12 May 2015

BBC News

• 'Ride me' bus advert sparks backlashA south Wales bus company says it will withdraw an advertising campaign showing a partly dressed woman following an online backlash.

The Guardian

• Bus company pulls topless 'ride me' adverts after outcryCardiff bus adverts featuring topless models holding a placard saying ‘ride me all day for £3’ caused social media stormA bus company has come under fire for promoting a new route with a poster on the back of its vehicles showing an apparently topless woman holding a sign saying “ride me all day for £3â€�.Dear @NAT_Group, I find your new promotion in Cardiff hugely uncomfortable, not to mention objectifying... pic.twitter.com/OPipr7OveaDon't worry men, your bodies aren't immune from the sexualisation of @NAT_group either! Terrible marketing. pic.twitter.com/24KHF6LcIz.@NAT_Group just s...
• The Night Bus: nocturnal naughtiness on the N29Channel 4’s latest obs-doc explores the erotically charged world of after-hours transport, where all sectors of society come together for a late-night snogThose living outside London, where public transport costs £8 a mile and ends at half-five in the evening, might be unfamiliar with the charms/horrors of Transport For London’s night bus. The saviour and the captor, delivering you home from whatever dank hell you’ve just spunked a quarter of your pay packet in, at approx three miles an hour, while other people’s alcohol breath condenses on the rattling window you’re trying to kip on...

The Telegraph

• 'Ride me all day for just £3' bus advert with picture of topless woman sparks outrageSinger Charlotte Church among critics of 'sexually explicit' topless image to advertise New Adventure Travel's day saver ticket on new Cardiff route

Mail Online

• Cardiff buses with topless models holding 'Ride me all day' sign spark outrage The advert campaign by New Adventure Travel backfired when passengers condemned the company for being 'unacceptable' and 'insulting'.

London Evening Standard

• Welsh bus company removes 'sexist' adverts featuring topless woman inviting commuters to 'Ride Me All Day for £3' after backlash A Welsh bus company has said it will remove a series of "sexist" adverts from its buses after a backlash from feminists.

Wales Online

• 'I usually wear clothes when I ride the bus' This woman wrote a brilliant email to the 'Ride Me All Day for £3' bus firmAnwen Hayward decided to let the NAT group know what she thought of their advert
• Model agency boss says 'Ride Me All Day' bus adverts are not sexist and have received positive responseClair Rawlings, who runs Future Model Management, said the models in the campaign were not topless and the furore over the ads was 'misguided'