The Metropolitan Police, faced with a clash of events with Extinction Rebellion demonstrating in Westminster, has banned today’s Honk for Hope protest from a large area of central London. An eleventh-hour letter, headed Section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986, warns operators not to stop vehicles, and prevents them entering an area bounded by […]
Go North East has created a ‘Bus Out to Help Out’ offer to help people get out and about and support local restaurants and pubs further. Inspired by the Government’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ initiative, the new offer allows two people to travel for the price of one when buying Go North East’s after […]
Jones Holidays has been recognised for its employees’ help during the lockdown with a Community Champion Award. Jones Holidays of North Wales has been through a difficult six months during the COVID-19 crisis, with unprecedented action having to be taken to cancel holidays through the summer of 2020. However, in March drivers from the North […]
Staffordshire County Council is ensuring extra bus seats are being laid on next month to help children back to school and commuters get to work. An additional 1,160 temporary places are being created on some of the busiest routes where commercial services with seat restrictions in place would not be able to carry all potential […]
An audit into the mapping of potholes in England has been launched. The survey is to be helped by data from on-road businesses such as Uber and Deliveroo. The Department for Transport will work with Gaist, a highway data and mapping company, businesses such as Deliveroo, Uber, Tesco and Ocado, alongside local highway authorities to […]
A notorious road in the Scottish Highlands where a coach was blown over over is due to have improvements made to it. An appraisal of eleven options to improve the resilience of the A83 Rest and Be Thankful is underway. The road is occasionally blocked due to landslides. The potential options are being considered as […]
Weston-super-Mare-based Bakers Dolphin is pleased to report it is now running trips and holidays again. At the end of July the company took passengers on a scenic day tour to the north-Devon coast, the firm’s first commercial outing since March. By the end of this month, a further 16 holidays will have been completed. Satisfied […]
DVSA staff are starting to wear body-worn cameras on roadside checks and site visits. The agency is investing in ‘bodycams’ for all frontline enforcement staff. The equipment is intended to reduce physical and verbal assaults, acting as a deterrent to such behaviour. The police have been wearing these cameras for a number of years in […]