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Sunday, 19 February 2017

The Guardian

• Hope for Hanoi? New bus system could cut pollution … if enough people use itA new $53m BRT (bus rapid transit) system has the power to reduce Hanoi’s dreadful air pollution. Persuading residents of Vietnam’s rapidly expanding capital to ditch their motorbikes and private cars, however, will be another storyFrom his high-rise office building in Hanoi, Tran Dung can barely see his city’s skyline behind the thick layer of smog. Before leaving work, the 25-year-old executive assistant checks the pollution reading on his AirVisual app, which provides real-time measurements of PM2.5 – the tiny particles found in smog that can damage your throat and lungs.Hanoi’s PM2.5 level...

Daily Record

• Safety checks abandoned just weeks before school bus crash in 'cost cutting efforts'A Sunday Mail investigation found that routine six-monthly check-ups were abandoned in favour of "cheaper" random ­roadside checks.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Buses help drive health message FIRST Bus has donated around �9,000 worth of advertising space to Prostate Cancer UK across its vehicles in Bradford and the rest of Yorkshire.

Reading Evening Post

• Take a look at the bus which is being transformed into Reading's first mobile homeless shelterReformed career criminal Michael Long came up with the idea while serving a four year prison sentence for his part in a car heist