NEWS
PTAs slam ‘robber baron’ busmen; Arriva buys Chase; Macquarie targets NCP; Stagecoach buys EGR and SCR for Euro4

BUS PEOPLE
Death of Martin Ballinger; new MD for First Eastern Counties

INSIDE TRACK
Now you see them…then again, now you don’t

GLOBAL NEWS
First to buy Laidlaw; Veolia to quit Denmark; Innsbruck trolleys finish

IN LONDON
Another operator for the 24; politicians and empty buses

MILLAR’S TALES
Bee Line Buzz 20 years on; timely visions of a green FRM

SHAMROCK RAMBLES WHERE RMs FEARED TO TREAD
The historic tales behind an enterprising Poole bus company

RIVER LINK SQUARES A DEVONIAN TOURIST CIRCLE
Why Bristol VRs are a vital part of a multi-modal operation

SERVICE EXTRA
Bristol busfolk battle with motoring mayhem

PICTUREVIEW
Terminus ahead for Preston bus station

PUBLICITY MATTERS
Would flatpack furniture retailers sell themselves like this?

PUDDLEDUCKS PADDLES INTO HISTORY
Alan Le Breton bids a fond farewell to a Jersey institution

YOU WRITE
Rural buses, liveries, trolleybuses and OysterCards

FENTON FILE
A rare Ulster variant of the Wright Crusader Dart

FLEET NEWS ENGLAND & WALES
Compiled by John G. Lidstone

REGISTRATION NOTES
Why BF is more acceptable than 100 years ago

FLEET NEWS SCOTLAND
Compiled by Sandy Macdonald

FLEET NEWS IRELAND
Compiled by G. Irvine Millar and Ian Molloy

REVIEWS
More of the latest books and a big Routemaster model

PRESERVATION UPDATS
Fire wrecks rare buses at Ruddington