25 DEC 2016
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25 Dec 2016 | 17:23
Homeless bus set for new year
Members of a Christian group who are converting a bus into accommodation for homeless people in Berkshire say they are ‘heartbroken’ not to have it ready in time for Christmas.
20 DEC 2016
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20 Dec 2016 | 21:30
Passers-by lift bus off man
Passers-by in a city centre in Hampshire worked together to help a man trapped by a bus.
05 NOV 2016
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05 Nov 2016 | 10:17
Gold bus created for Olympian
The creation of a gold bus for Olympian Chris Mears
(b. 1993) is to pay tribute to his Rio 2016 success.
02 OCT 2016
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02 Oct 2016 | 13:12
Pair remanded in bus baby case
Thames Magistrates’ Court ordered a man and a woman — charged with the murder of a baby found on a London bus — to be remanded in custody.
01 OCT 2016
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01 Oct 2016 | 12:05
Pair charged in bus baby case
Police have charged a man and a woman with the murder of a baby found ‘unresponsive’ on a London bus.
29 SEP 2016
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29 Sep 2016 | 16:59
First could cut City Red service
A bus operator is threatening to pull out of an estate in Southampton, Hampshire, following a spate of incidents that endangered the safety of passengers.
18 SEP 2016
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18 Sep 2016 | 12:47
Bus tour for Olympic rowers
Members of the British Olympic rowing team paraded through Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in a bus following their Rio 2016 success.
06 SEP 2016
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06 Sep 2016 | 09:23
Free ride for bus passengers
The Mayor of London is to launch a new system that will let bus passengers in the capital make a second trip for free.
27 AUG 2016
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27 Aug 2016 | 11:59
Carnival bus strike suspended
A union has called off a planned bus strike that threatened to disrupt Notting Hill Carnival in Greater London.
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27 Aug 2016 | 11:10
Bus station’s Roman flood bank
An archaeology group has discovered a flood bank built by the Romans under a recently demolished bus station in Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
24 AUG 2016
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24 Aug 2016 | 09:53
Bus dispute misunderstanding
A bus firm in Dorset has accused a union of failing to understand the arbitration process in a dispute over drivers’ pay.
21 AUG 2016
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21 Aug 2016 | 10:09
Bus to Wiltshire ‘ghost village’
A bus has taken visitors to a ‘ghost village’ in Salisbury, Wiltshire, that was abandoned during World War II.
17 AUG 2016
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17 Aug 2016 | 12:59
Bus service reforms promised
Jeremy Corbyn
(b. 1949) has pledged to extend public ownership of the country’s bus networks if he becomes prime minister.
12 AUG 2016
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12 Aug 2016 | 12:22
Unite calls for bus strike talks
A union locked in a dispute with a Dorset bus firm over drivers’ wages says it has offered to hold talks to end strike action.
29 JUL 2016
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29 Jul 2016 | 11:09
Bus driver’s kindness goes viral
A bus driver from Oxfordshire has become a local celebrity after a picture published online showed him helping an elderly woman to cross the road.
12 JUL 2016
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12 Jul 2016 | 11:33
Routemaster conductors axed
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that 300 bus conductors are to lose their jobs to make savings of
£10million a year.
30 JUN 2016
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30 Jun 2016 | 10:23
Stagecoach sees profit fall
Transport firm Stagecoach has warned of ‘challenging’ market conditions after a fall in profit.
29 JUN 2016
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29 Jun 2016 | 10:23
Bus strike to enter third week
Bus drivers in Dorset are to stage a third week of strike action, the Unite union has announced.
28 JUN 2016
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28 Jun 2016 | 10:23
Concern over park-and-ride
Plans for a new park-and-ride in Berkshire costing
£3.6million would result in a huge loss of green space, according to critics.
26 JUN 2016
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26 Jun 2016 | 10:23
Bus stop girl’s mother located
Police have found the mother of a five-year-old girl left alone at a bus stop near Brighton train station in East Sussex.
25 JUN 2016
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25 Jun 2016 | 10:23
Girl aged five left at bus stop
Members of the public found a five-year-old girl alone at a bus stop near Brighton railway station in East Sussex.
15 JUN 2016
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15 Jun 2016 | 10:23
Bus attacks prompt route change
Repeated vandal attacks have forced a bus company in Dorset to reroute one of its services.
12 JUN 2016
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12 Jun 2016 | 10:23
Bus death on roads vigil day
An elderly man died after a bus hit him in Oxford Street, Greater London, on the day safety campaigners staged a vigil highlighting the deaths of pedestrians and cyclists.
02 JUN 2016
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02 Jun 2016 | 16:19
Bridge crash tears bus roof off
A double-decker bus had its roof torn off after it struck a railway bridge in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
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02 Jun 2016 | 10:23
Subsidised bus routes to go
Almost half of Oxfordshire’s subsidised bus routes are set to go following the end of council funding.
25 MAY 2016
bw-GRE
25 May 2016 | 12:39
Woman struck by bus critical
A 73-year-old woman is in a critical condition in hospital after a bus hit her on Oxford Street, Greater London.
22 MAY 2016
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22 May 2016 | 14:53
Bus crashes into side of house
A bus crashed into the side of a house in Kent, leaving the driver needing hospital treatment.
16 MAY 2016
bw-GRE
16 May 2016 | 10:43
At least 17 injured in bus crash
At least 17 people sustained injuries after a bus crashed into a shop in Harlesden, Greater London.
13 MAY 2016
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13 May 2016 | 09:54
Family-run bus firm closes
A family-run bus company in Somerset, which has been operating for more than half a century, has ceased trading.
01 MAY 2016
bw-KEN
01 May 2016 | 09:41
Man dies falling underneath bus
A 79-year-old man has died after falling into the path of a bus in Broadstairs, Kent.
28 APR 2016
bw-BER
28 Apr 2016 | 10:59
Work closes bus station path
A path linking the bus station in Slough, Berkshire, to the town centre will close for 12 months while the area is developed.
06 APR 2016
bw-HAN
06 Apr 2016 | 11:08
‘Pirate’ bus passenger is a hit
A Falklands War survivor with incurable lung cancer has become a hit on the Web after taking the bus to his first chemotherapy session dressed as a pirate.
19 MAR 2016
bw-GRE
19 Mar 2016 | 11:00
Buses to get speed-limiters
Transport for London (TfL) says all buses in the capital will be fitted with speed-limiting technology from 2017.
29 FEB 2016
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29 Feb 2016 | 17:09
‘Vital’ bus service faces axe
Campaigners are urging Surrey County Council to think again about cutting a ‘vital’ bus service to a top tourist attraction.
09 FEB 2016
bw-ESU
09 Feb 2016 | 11:11
Man guilty of rape near bus stop
A court has found a man guilty of raping a 19-year-old shortly after she got off a bus in East Sussex.
26 JAN 2016
bw-GRE
26 Jan 2016 | 10:07
Ian McKellen to host bus tour
Sir Ian McKellen
(b. 1939) will be adding a new role to his impressive CV — that of a tour bus guide.
bw-HAN
26 Jan 2016 | 09:51
Bus lanes open to electric cars
As part of plans to boost usage of low-emission vehicles in England, electric car drivers will be able to legally travel in bus lanes.
21 JAN 2016
bw-DOR
21 Jan 2016 | 11:45
Wilts & Dorset bus seen in US
A 25-year-old Wilts & Dorset double-decker bus has been trundling the streets in the United States.
17 JAN 2016
bw-GRE
17 Jan 2016 | 17:21
Nine hurt in bus and car crash
A collision in Greater London between a double-decker bus and a car left nine people injured.
16 JAN 2016
bw-GRE
16 Jan 2016 | 11:03
Bus attacker disarmed by gran
A grandmother disarmed a female attacker who lunged at her 15-year-old grandson with a knife on a bus in Greater London.
13 JAN 2016
bw-DOR
13 Jan 2016 | 11:07
Campaigners criticise bus cuts
A transport group has criticised council plans to cut rural bus routes in Dorset in a bid to save money.
10 JAN 2016
bw-DOR
10 Jan 2016 | 10:57
Rural bus routes set to be axed
A council has published details that show it intends to cut bus services in rural Dorset in a bid to save £500,000.
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10 Jan 2016 | 10:56
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