Bus passengers in Telford 'stuck' after cuts to services

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Several services in Telford will end at the weekend and others will be reduced, a council says.

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"We haven't got a service now. As from Sunday, I've got to walk - half a mile - it's not good," she said.Brenda Batchelor said she did not drive and relatives worked so she was "really, really stuck" and could not afford taxis. "They want us out of our cars and on the buses and using public transport so I think [the government] should be funding it," she said.Councillor Lee Carter said the authority had written to the government to ask for more money

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