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Breaking: CAZ scrapped

Manchester's long-paused CAZ has finally been scrapped by Government today. The scheme, which has was paused with days to run before it went live and referred back to Westminster in 2022, planned to charge upto £60 a day…

23 January 2025

*actual* news! Ramblings

Peak-y Blinders

First, we head to the High Peak's version of Wigan... Glossop. It sits in a strange position at the foot of the Peak District National Park meaning it's somewhat shielded from the rest of the High Peak by…

10 August 2024

6 people stood around a table with reams of paper laid out

*actual* news! Contract Awards & News

T3 Awards: Goodbye Independents

The awards for the final round of franchising that was originally due to be announced on 22nd March - delayed by a rumoured 'legal challenge' - were finally unveiled to the world on the 28th, 5 days late.

4 April 2024

*actual* news!

T3 Announcement Delayed

There's some news trickling out that the union at a large operator have told their members that the T3 announcement that was due tomorrow has been "postponed until further notice". Whilst there's been no official public acknowledgement by…

21 March 2024

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