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Tourism

New arts centre for Essex

A major new centre for the visual arts opens in Colchester on September 25, the same day as it hosts its first exhibition. Firstsite, a new building designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, will hold international […]

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Tourism

Carlisle ready for Christmas

The Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust will be hosting the launch of ‘The Little Black Dress’ dress exhibition on December 10, 2011. In 1926, Coco Chanel launched her ‘Ford’ dress, the first Little […]

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Bus News

Thurmaston Bus winding up order

A petition to wind-up Leicester-based Thurmaston Bus was due to heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Wednesday (August 24). As a result, Leicestershire County Council (LCC) released five emergency contract tenders […]

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Bus News

Sunday Busway services tripled

Stagecoach is tripling Sunday services on the recently opened guided busway between Cambridge and St Ives. The move follows the 55,895 passenger trips on the route’s first week, as reported in CBW999. A new timetable […]

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Bus News

Stagecoach Oxfordshire route upgrades

Buses linking Oxford and Banbury are to become the latest to be upgraded to join Stagecoach’s network of high-quality county routes. The changes will start to come into effect on Sunday (September 4) when new […]

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Drivers

Driver suffered from sleeping condition

A First Bristol driver who suffered from sleep apnoea has denied driving dangerously but admitted careless driving in relation to a crash after falling asleep at the wheel in June 2009. The breathing condition disturbs […]