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Rethink urged on early morning bus cut
A local councillor has written to Centrebus asking them to think again about plans to cut a bus service which covers the Hollycroft and Wykin areas of Hinckley. Michael Mullaney, Liberal Democrat councillor for Hinckley Trinity that covers the Wykin and part of the Hollycroft estate, wrote to the company after being informed that they had ceased to run a pre 9am bus service. Michael Mullaney said " The Centrebus number 72 used to run a bus before 9am that took people from Hollycroft and Wykin to the town centre. "The number 72 service has now been scrapped and merged into a number 75 and 76 services. Neither of these services run buses before 9am. "I and the other local Councillors Bill, Wright, Cope, Bray, Witherford and Lynch are concerned that people who live on Hollycroft and Wykin and work in Hinckley Town centre will no longer have a pre 9am service to get them to town. "I've written to the bus company asking them to think again about this decision and would be interested in hearing
5 Sep 2011
Boost for rural broadband welcomed
Local Liberal Democrats have welcomed news that Leicestershire is to benefit from nearly £4million to ensure rural areas get access to superfast broadband by 2015
24 Aug 2011
Local Councillors welcome report on buses
Local Liberal Democrat councillors have welcomed a report, published today, which calls for action to be taken to protect bus services, particularly in rural areas and for local people to be consulted more fully when there are plans to cut bus services.
11 Aug 2011
Huge support for bus campaign
Over a 1000 people living in Hinckley and Bosworth have signed a petition demanding better bus services through their villages.
1 Aug 2011
13 Jul 2011
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