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Bristol Arena transport scheme costs spiral in three months

Issue sparks latest row between Labour metro mayor and Conservative South Gloucestershire Council leader

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WECA leaders agree huge hike in staffing costs at latest shambolic meeting

Metro mayor's annual budget approved at West of England Combined Authority committee after 100-minute adjournment

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Campaign to stop 'irresponsible' cut to only bus from Chew Valley into Bristol

"The plan to leave rural areas with zero bus services is irresponsible of both WECA and B&NES"

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BT moves staff into new Bristol office and prepares to create 170 jobs

The telecoms giant's employees have begun moving into the multi-million pound Assembly building in the city centre

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Another 42 bus services in West of England face axe in April

New 'West Link' minibus services will be launched in many parts of the region from April

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South Gloucestershire bus passengers hold rally calling for franchising deal

They say a franchised transport model would also help address the current driver shortage

Bristol Post

New bus franchising deal backed in key vote at Bristol City Council

Political and public pressure is growing on the West of England mayor to bring in franchising to solve the bus crisis

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Bristol region's political leaders promise to get along better following damning report

"'Compromise’ should not be a dirty word when it comes to the combined authority.”

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New m4 metrobus service from Cribbs Causeway to Bristol Parkway to launch next month

First West claim that buses will run every 20 minutes from Monday to Saturday

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Pressure mounts for Bristol region bus franchising deal as West of England mayor asked to consider option

A bus franchising deal would see greater public control over bus services in the region

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Bristol Airport bus blockade in protest over state of bus services in the city

"FirstBus have shown that they are more interested in serving the potentially expanding Bristol Airport instead of our local communities"

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Bristol MP calls on Metro Mayor to take back control of 'shambles' bus service

"Buses in our city are in a mess" - Karin Smyth MP

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Ukraine refugees in Bristol 'can help solve' bus driver crisis

"I hope Ukrainian drivers can be part of the solution"

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'Damning' WECA report into council chief spat prompts plea to 'play nicely'

Leaders have been criticised for the "poor state of professional relationships" between them

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WECA boss warned £59,000 severance deal for senior officer was 'unlawful'

Auditor Grant Thornton also found payout was not value for taxpayers

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Huge protest over how Bristol and South Gloucestershire buses are run to take place next month

They are calling for buses in the West of England to be brought under public control

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Up to 100 Bristol City Council staff face the axe

Officers in strategic transport would have to apply for roles at WECA while city design team's future is less certain

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Portishead rail line restoration finally gets planning permission

But there will 'undoubtedly be more bumps in the road' warns metro mayor

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Bristol e-scooter firm Voi removes Russian investors as shares sold

The West of England’s metro mayor previously warned the Swedish firm it could lose out on the operating contracts for Bristol and Bath’s e-scooter hire schemes unless it ended ties with Russian shareholders

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E-scooter firm Voi removes Russian investors as shares sold

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Bristol and Bath e-scooter operator bids open as trial extends

More than 280,000 people have used the e-scooters to make six million journeys across the West of England since the scheme began

Bristol Post

Bristol’s new underground rail network will see an extra £15m spent on the plans

It's unclear exactly what the £15 million, pledged last week, will be spent on

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Report on WECA leaders' spat 'gathering dust for four months'

Initial findings by auditors probing a "risk of significant weakness” in the use of taxpayers' money were shown to combined authority bosses in June but councillors are still in the dark

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Hydrogen facility near Bristol secures £2.5m funding

It will be the first of its kind in the region, according to metro mayor Dan Norris

Bristol Post

Calls to end further bus cuts as dozens of services axed this month

A motion was passed by South Gloucestershire Council

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