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Monday, 22 July 2019

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bradford Council bank holiday bus lanes 'fleece public'AN MP has accused Bradford Council of “trying to fleece as much money out of motorists as possible” after it was forced to admit it handed out six times the amount of fines for driving in a bus lane on a Bank Holiday this year as it did last year.

Bristol Live

• Councillors argue over the best way to improve Bristol's bus serviceCity councillors fought over the best way to improve Bristol’s bus services this week. After lengthy debate on July 16, during which the Labour group suggested the council should run bus services directly, a majority voted for the mayor to “seek for” a bus franchising system to be “properly considered”.

Wales Online

• The valley with one way out that faces losing a vital bus serviceCommunities like Blaengarw and Pontycymer in the Garw Valley are being hit hard by Wales' bus service crisis

Other Regional Press

• Hope Valley Explorer bus service launches for Peak District visitorsThe Peak District National Park Authority has launched a new seasonal bus tour service in the Hope Valley this weekend.
• Relief as 'absolutely essential' bus service saved from axeAn under-threat bus route popular with schoolchildren and branded "absolutely essential" by an MP is no longer facing the axe under Suffolk County Council plans, it has emerged.