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Thursday, 19 July 2012

BBC News

• Bus workers accept Olympics bonusLondon bus workers accept an Olympics bonus payment offered to them and call off strike action.

Department for Transport

• New rules on bus and coach passenger rightsConsultation about applying Europe-wide regulations that aim to ensure bus and coach passengers have similar legal protection as other forms of transport.

The Herald

• Fastlink route 'not ready for Games'OFFICIALS have been forced to admit a £40 million transport project will not be completed in time for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Independent

• Bus drivers accept Games cash offerLondon bus workers have voted to accept an offer of an Olympics bonus, ending the threat of another strike.Related StoriesRelief Healthcare fined for selling unapproved bedsBritons are 'obsessed with weather', says UK's tourism chief Sandie DaweAnother Olympics threat as Home Office staff vote for strikeHuge spike in use of controversial new 'deprivation of liberty' orders despite critics arguing they are not fit for purposeJohn Hemming: Deprivation of liberty system is riddled with conflicts of interest

The Telegraph

• London bus workers win Olympic bonusLondon's 28,000 bus drivers have won a £577 Olympic bonus, whether or not they their route is anywhere near a Games venue.
• London bus workers win Olympic bonusLondon's 28,000 bus drivers have won a £577 Olympic bonus, whether or not they their route is anywhere near a Games venue.

Liverpool Echo

• Mount Pleasant bus lane camera switched off after intervention from Dean of Liverpool Metropolitan CathedralA CONTROVERSIAL bus lane has been suspended after the Dean of Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral voiced his concerns that unwitting motorists were being targeted unfairly.

London Evening Standard

• NO bus strikes during the Olympics as drivers accept £577 bonus cash offerLondon bus workers have voted to accept an offer of an Olympics bonus, ending the threat of another strike.

Metro

• London bus workers call off strike after accepting £577 Olympic bonusLondon bus workers have called off planned strike action after agreeing a deal that will see them receive an Olympic bonus.The Unite union has confirmed that its members voted to accept a £577 bonus in return for working during London 2012. London buses will run as normal on July 24th after successful strike talks (PA) Workers staged a strike over their proposed hours during the period and a second walkout had been planned on July 24th, but the new deal has put an end to potential strikes and transport chaos in the capital.Peter Kavanagh, Unite's regional secretary for London, said: 'After alm...