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Thursday, 13 December 2018

The Guardian

• Shenzhen's silent revolution: world's first fully electric bus fleet quietens Chinese megacityAll 16,000 buses in the fast-growing Chinese megacity are now electric, and soon all 13,000 taxis will be too

The Independent

• Local politicians and community members left furious over portaloo erected by TfL for bus drivers, dubbed ‘the Turdis’ Biggin Hill councillor Julian Benington has requested the toilet is removed as soon as possible

Bolton News

• Warnings of water contamination if bus depot plans approvedFEARS of water contamination have been sparked by a bus depot's request not to install a drainage device as required by the council.

Bristol Live

• First Bus wants to put 150 more buses on Bristol routes"I want to double the buses on many routes, but there's no point if they will just get stuck in the traffic"
• First Bus passengers shocked as 'mouse' seen scurrying inside lightThe animal - believed to be a mouse - repulsed one person so much she moved seats

Manchester Evening News

• Bus passengers to be hit with another fare increase - with some going up by £2The Stagecoach dayrider, seven-day megarider and 28-day megarider are among tickets to go up from January

Yorkshire Evening Post

• ‘Sword of Damocles’ hanging over bus operators, meeting hearsPrivate bus operators in Leeds are “drinking in the last chance saloon”, the head of an influential council committee has warned at a heated meeting in Civic Hall.