Cash no longer 'acceptable'
London bus drivers will no longer accept cash payment on board their vehicles when new measures are introduced this summer.Transport for London (TfL) has announced a raft of changes, including allowing passengers with insufficient Oyster card credit to travel for a whole journey before they need to top up.TfL said dwindling numbers of bus passengers using cash has prompted the change, following a consultation in which it said 99 per cent of customers already use Oyster, prepaid tickets,…
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Diver dies in work to refloat stricken ship
A diver died while working on the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, apparently gashing his leg on an underwater metal sheet while preparing the wreck for removal, in was confirmed yesterday.Italy’s civil protection agency, which is overseeing the removal of the Concordia from Tuscany’s coast, said the diver came from Spain.Tuscany’s La Nazione newspaper said the diver had been working on preparations to affix huge tanks onto sides of the Concordia to float the ship off its false seabed and tow it to…
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Driver seemed to be texting on motorway
A coach driver is under investigation after he was pictured using his mobile phone at 60mph on a motorway. An alarmed passenger caught the driver in the act at the wheel of a packed National Express service on the M5. The traveller took a photograph of the driver in his rear-view mirror which shows him with his eyes off the road looking down at the handset in his left hand. ‘I was amazed at what he was doing,’ said the 36-year-old passenger. National Express is investigating

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Bristol's new 20mph zones come into force today
Hundreds more signs warning motorists not to exceed 20mph Bristol come into force today.
New 20mph zones are now in force in Cotham, Hotwells, Bishopston, Clifton, Redland and the city centre.
Around 1,030 signs have been put up between to make drivers aware of the new limit.
The roll-out coincides with five months of major works on the St James Barton roundabout in a bid to make it a gateway to the city.
Motorists are being warned to expect delays until July.
The roll-out of phase one of the…

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