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Thursday, 16 February 2012

Birmingham Post

• National Motorcycle Museum staff may have to quit over bus route changesDozens of long-serving workers at the National Motorcycle Museum near Solihull could be forced out of their jobs by the re-routing of a National Express bus service.

Sheffield Star

• Council’s £1.2m transport cash windfall row SHEFFIELD Council is celebrating a £1.2 million cash windfall after it emerged the levy it pays to the South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority will be less than originally thought.

The Shields Gazette

• Bus boss hits out at revamp plansBUS company bosses are on a collision course with public transport leaders over plans for a radical revamp of how local services are delivered.

Other Regional Press

• Anger at fares hike scheme on bus routesPASSENGERS will face a fares rise if a proposed takeover of one bus firm by another goes ahead, it was claimed today.
• Parents protest as school bus escorts to schools in Hatton, Wootton Wawen, Fenny Compton, Bishop's Tachbrook, Hampton Magna, Henley and Kineton are axedPUPILS as young as five are losing their school bus escorts because of government cuts.