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North East deals of the week: key acquisitions, contracts and investments

Companies featuring in this week's deals round-up include Arriva, Orca Cleaning Group, Power Roll, Xinfluence and Camerons Brewery

Birmingham Post

Transport giant Arriva Group wins £80m deal to run trains in the Czech Republic

The new train services are due to start operating in December 2024

Birmingham Post

'Being you is not a crime': Posters tackling hate crime will appear across the North East from today

The posters will be displayed on public transport and on digital screens across NHS venues

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Go North East plans to replace at-risk Arriva bus routes but fears remain that communities could still be left cut off

Deputy Mayor of North Tyneside welcomed the move but said there is still work to be done 'so communities are not cut off from public transport'

Chronicle Live

Arriva bus cuts and changes proposals could be 'devastating' for North East communities

As Arriva contemplates withdrawing a number of services across the region, residents speak out against the possible cuts

Chronicle Live

London bus strikes: Union suspends driver walkout after improved pay offer

Unite has called off strikes on 52 London bus routes due to start on Tuesday after a last-ditch pay offer was put in front of the union.

Evening Standard

London bus drivers announce four days of strikes for June amid Arriva pay dispute

More than 1,700 Unite members will be striking, amid warnings of further walkouts

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Warning for North East bus passengers that more cuts could be coming after Arriva cull confirmed

One of the North East's big bus operators has already announced significant cuts to its services this week and there are fears of worse to come

Chronicle Live

Petition set up to save North Tyneside bus routes at risk due to falling passenger numbers

Arriva says up to six bus routes are no longer sustainable but Nexus and North Tyneside Council seek to maintain the services

Chronicle Live

Bus routes hit by Eurovision congestion

Some bus routes will be impacted for the rest of this evening

Liverpool Echo

'Ground shakes' and shattered glass falls on road after bus crash

Traffic was diverted away from the scene following the crash this morning

Liverpool Echo

Arriva bus ticket changes come into force in Liverpool City Region

Prices have increased for a number of tickets

Liverpool Echo

Meet some of the people who go the extra mile to make Aintree's Grand National weekend

The ECHO spoke to three people who are making sure racegoers have the best time

Liverpool Echo

First ever public bus route from Newcastle to Northumberland beauty spot launches this Easter

A local leader has welcomed the route, but hopes that it will also encourage tourism to Rothbury as well as providing a transport link for local residents

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Teen becomes Merseyside's youngest Arriva bus driver is following in dad's footsteps

Ray Dobson was recently named employee of the month

Chronicle Live

Arriva bus strikes could take place in Newcastle and Northumberland in pay dispute

If workers vote in favour of industrial action then strikes could begin after Easter

Chronicle Live

Delight as Whitley Bay bus routes saved from threat of cuts with minor alterations proposed

Public outcry persuaded operator Nexus to scrap plans to axe Whitley Bay bus routes the W2 and the 51

Liverpool Echo

Plain clothes cops to target trouble-blighted bus routes

An MP has called for families to 'keep young people on the right track' after windows smashed, seats burned and assault on the buses

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Liverpool Echo

Buses banned from troubled estate again as brick thrown at window

This isn't the first time buses have been suspended on the route

The Guardian - UK

When everyone from coffin-makers to sewage attendants is on strike, it’s clear work isn’t working

Non-union workers can see organised labour’s power: now is the time for unions to talk to those wanting better conditions, says Polly Smythe of Novara Media

Birmingham Post

Arriva owners consider sale of transport, according to reports

German company Deutsche Bahn says it is its "ambition" to divest itself of the transport giant

Manchester Evening News

'It's quicker going to Blackpool on the National Express than going from Bolton to Salford by bus'

Dozens of bus services across Greater Manchester are set to be cut in April, months before mayor Andy Burnham starts to take control of the network. But passengers say services are already poor with waits lasting more than two hours, while transport bosses warn that some uncertainty is 'inevitable' over…

Chronicle Live

North East bus chief admits underestimating driver shortage that has caused major cancellations

An Arriva boss says the company thought that cancellations and delays caused by a lack of drivers over recent months 'would be a short term problem'

Leeds Live

Arriva apologises after Leeds bus is caught driving wrong way through city centre

The bus driver of the 229 has been spoken to

Manchester Evening News

Passengers evacuated just moments before bus bursts into flames on village high street

Pictures and video show an intense blaze on board an Arriva service in Hale - the driver escorted passengers to safety

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