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Wednesday, 01 August 2012

Mail Online

• Mystery man is thrown off public transport in London after trying to get on with his PET SHEEPPassers-by watched dumbfounded as the pensioner tried and failed to lead his woolly pet onto a train in Wimbledon and then a bus in nearby New Malden - forcing the pair to walk six miles home on foot.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post commented Anger at mobility scooter ban on buses to Nottingham's City...A HOSPITAL bus service is reviewing one of it rules which stops mobility scooter riders using it.

Sheffield Telegraph

• ˜Biggest chance in years to improve Sheffield™s buses™A NEW strategy is lined up to radically improve bus services in Sheffield.
• Safety concerns help change Sheffield bus route planBUS campaigners say the ‘right decision’ has been made after their fight against plans to change a route were successful.

The York Press

• City of York Council to review buying process after Cabinet Office intervenes CITY of York Council has had to review how it classifies the services it buys from businesses after a supplier raised concerns about how it handled a transport contract for taking disabled children to school.

Other News Sources

• Stagecoach bus drivers to strike over payTRANSPORT UNION RMT confirmed today that bus drivers working for Stagecoach out of their Winchester depot are to take both strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute over pay as follows: