The Latest Breaking News from First West of England

Bus strikes to cause travel disruption across the UK

These are the cities affected by the planned industrial action throughout August and September

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025

First Bus announces price rises for some Bristol fares - and they come in this weekend

Discounts for students and young people have been cut

Bristol Post · Jul 5, 2023

Bristol Airport Megabus and Falcon services disrupted by fatal A38 crash

The A38 Bridgwater Road is closed both ways in Barrow Gurney following the crash this morning (April 18)

Bristol Post · Apr 18, 2023

MP blasts Bristol 'bus chaos' and says public transport is 'collapsing' in the city

Thangam Debbonaire is demanding answers from First Bus

Bristol Post · Nov 17, 2022

First Bus admits 'live bus tracker' only predicts when buses are supposed to arrive

Like Schrodinger's Cat, you can only be sure the bus is real if you tap on the app

Bristol Post · Oct 24, 2022

Bristol commuter fed up of metrobus making him late to work

"I've never been late to work in five years"

Bristol Post · Oct 24, 2022

First Bus cancellations in Bristol causing school run chaos says mum

She ended up driving her sons to school

Bristol Post · Oct 17, 2022

Calls to reconsider plans to axe 'lifeline' bus route as photos show passengers using service

More than a thousand people have asked the operator to reconsider

Bristol Post · Sep 19, 2022

Petition to save 178 bus route attracts almost 1,000 signatures

The service is due to be scrapped from 8 October, along with nine others

Bristol Post · Sep 15, 2022

Campaigner fighting ‘devastating’ cuts to ‘vital’ rural bus route

He has already heard stories of commuters losing their jobs

Bristol Post · Sep 9, 2022