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Saturday, 07 October 2017
BBC News
- On the buses: Free drawings helps artist raise awarenessLiz Atkin uses newspapers to create art and gives it to the travelling public for free.
- County Antrim Wrights Group bus firm makes £11m profitThe profit was achieved on turnover of £264m, which was down by more than £10m compared to 2015.
- Bus firm tells politicians: 'We are not the enemy'Greenock-based firm McGill's says politicians need to
The Huffington Post
- Bus Driver Launches 'Appalling' Tirade Against Disabled Passenger Trying To BoardA London bus driver has been filmed in a remarkable altercation with a disabled man trying to board her vehicle. Chris Stapleton, 60, told HuffPost UK the tirade was so abusive he is going to report it as a hate crime. He said: “What I was asking for here was that the wheelchair space be cleared, not that I absolutely had to get on the bus but I wanted her to fulfil her obligation to at least ask so I would have a chance.” Instead the driver gets increasingly irate, culminating with her calling him “ignorant and selfish”. Pointing to the wheelchair, she adds: “No ...
Bolton News
- Planned bus drivers strike called off A PLANNED strike by drivers on First busses has been called off.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Free bus travel for young people promise from Welsh Conservatives Scheme would follow similar one run by Labour Welsh government that started in 2015 but was cut after 18 months
London Evening Standard
- Driver in angry confrontation with wheelchair user as he tries to board London busA wheelchair user caught on video the moment he had an angry confrontation with the driver of a London bus.
Wales Online
- Thieves stole a bus and a minibus worth £100k and then torched them They were taken during early morning raids in Aberbargoed
Reading Evening Post
- Little girl left 'petrified' after getting trapped in the door of Reading bus Isla Snarey got trapped in the doors of a number 5 bus as she tried to get off
Other Regional Press
- Minibus and bus worth £100k stolenA BUS and a minibus worth more than £100,000 were stolen from Aberbargoed yesterday.
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