H.L. Mencken once observed that democracy offered voters to get the government they wanted — good and hard. His cynicism has found vindication once again in Denver, where the city council voted in May to throw car owners and vehicular assault victims under the bus in favor of expanding their idea of “sanctuary city.” Unanimously,...
Jamie Morris BBC News Reporting fromEastleigh, Hampshire PA Media The bus crashed through railings and landed upright in the River Itchen Two people have been seriously injured after a double-decker bus carrying college students “careered” into a river. The 607 for Barton Peveril Sixth Form College left the carriageway and plunged into the water off...
Work to improve bus services in Plymouth will begin next month, the council has said. Plymouth City Council (PCC) said the Royal Parade bus improvement scheme aimed to reduce congestion and improve reliability by increasing its number of bus stops on the shop side of the city centre. The local authority said the scheme would...
The new group backed by Israel and the US for aid distribution in Gaza says Hamas attacked a bus transporting some of its Palestinian workers, killing at least five people. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said the attack happened on Wednesday night as the bus carrying more than two-dozen workers travelled to a distribution centre...
And, Chancellor confirms more people will receive winter fuel payment this year. Read full article at source...
Matt Taylor & Ben Jackson BBC News, Leicester BBC Lyndzi Hargrave bought the bus in August 2023 and spent the entirety of 2024 turning it into a home before moving in in January “I wanted to be a bus driver when I was younger. Then I wanted to own a bus cafe. It’s always been...
Paris St-Germain’s players celebrated their Champions League victory in the city on Sunday afternoon, hours after trouble broke out across France. The Ligue 1 club beat Inter Milan 5-0 in Saturday’s final in Munich to claim their first Champions League title. Luis Enrique’s side held an hour-long open-top bus parade through the city, running from...
Shutterstock Norweigen school-leavers partying in red overalls is a sight often seen on Norway’s national day on 17 May After 13 years of school, Selma Jenvin-Steinsvag and her classmate Aksel were running to catch the Oslo metro in red overalls. “After that all our written exams will be done,” said Selma, 18. The sight of...
Late-night party goers and night-owls in Exeter will now be able to take advantage of new trial night buses home. The services running out of Exeter are being launched by Stagecoach South West starting on Saturday 31 May. They are part of nine new Nightbus services across Exeter, Torbay, Plymouth and North Devon, thanks to...
Stagecoach Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, said night buses could become a “a mainstay of having a night out” Seven new routes have been added to the night bus service across the South West. The Saturday night/Sunday morning service, set up by the police and supported...
Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a civilian minibus in north-eastern Ukraine, local officials say. Regional military leaders said seven other people were injured in the attack on Saturday morning in Bilopillia, Sumy, as the minibus travelled to the regional capital close to Russia’s border. The report came just hours...
BBC The electric buses are due to start operating in June The first vehicles that are part of a new fleet of electric buses will soon be rolled out onto the streets of Plymouth and parts of Cornwall. Plymouth Citybus is replacing some of its current diesel vehicles with 50 zero emission double-decker buses as...
A collision between a tour bus and a truck near Yellowstone National Park killed seven people and injured eight others on Thursday. Police were alerted to the crash at 19:15 local time (02:15 GMT), when a Chevy pickup truck and a van carrying 14 tourists collided on a highway in eastern Idaho, state police said....
Christine Butler BBC News, Cornwall BBC Passengers line up in Callington after waiting for the bus to Launceston Passengers say they are angry and confused at changes to some bus routes in Cornwall. One of the routes used to be a direct service from Bude to Plymouth. However, the journey has been split into three,...
Ten people have been killed and more than 30 injured after a bus hit several vehicles at a toll gate on one of the busiest highways in northern Philippines, authorities say. The bus driver, who has been detained, said he had fallen asleep at the wheel, police told AFP, adding that four children were among...