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Monday, 04 March 2019

The Telegraph

• Police watch motorists from buses to clamp down on mobile-phone use at the wheel as prosecutions drop [Subscription]olice are carrying out surveillance operations on motorists from the top of double-decker buses in attempts to clamp down on mobile-phone use at the wheel, as it emerged prosecutions for the offence plummeted by nearly 50 per cent.

The National

• City's biggest bus firm fails to apply for fund to help cut pollutionGLASGOW’S biggest bus company is ignoring an £8 million Scottish Governmentfund to help stop toxic exhaust fumes polluting city streets. First Bus has failed to apply for grants from the fund to clean up bus exhausts, despite the lethal dangers that air pollution poses to public health.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Oldest will be hit the hardest if bus cuts get the go-ahead, say charity'Nottingham has a great reputation for its award-winning public transport network, we must ensure that this continues'