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[Mayor of Greater Manchester @MayorofGM]

The Mayor has written to @networkrail today about the disruption at Manchester Piccadilly ahead of a busy weekend in the city centre.

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“Manchester” evening news. This is in Tenby, which is in Wales.

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

Four people stabbed in horror attack outside UK train station https://t.co/222JqUegnn

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@DavidEllison30 @MENnewsdesk The MEN always makes deceiving tittles to get more clicks so you get redirected to their website to view the full article.

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@Sausageandeggx @edgarjo31978075 @Rekt57v @jimthegiant There are plenty of things we could change/implement, but most changes come with trade offs. We often end up stuck in a loop where improving one area creates problems somewhere else.

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@AnthonyStorms7 @BeeNetwork @FirstBusUK @AndyBurnhamGM Most buses now should be air conditioned and heated so opening the window is useless. But on a summers day you can watch people board and their first instinct is to open the window, which defeats the purpose of the AC.

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A bus into Rochdale stood to run its next route after a passenger was sick at the back, with the smell reaching the front. Complaints were ignored until filming started and a call was made to @BeeNetwork. The depot then told the driver to continue the service. Disgraceful.

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@AnthonyStorms7 @BeeNetwork @FirstBusUK @AndyBurnhamGM No worries, X has a character limit so all the information cannot be crammed into 1 post.

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@AnthonyStorms7 @BeeNetwork @FirstBusUK @AndyBurnhamGM I did not see the passenger as they were on the previous service, from what I heard they were forcing themselves to vomit “as a joke”.

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@BeeNetwork @FirstBusUK @AndyBurnhamGM Hi. It was the 15:00 service.

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@thegirlchlo_ @kamuro_yokai The #BeeNetwork has improved things, one joined-up bus system, newer electric buses, more frequent services, and one contactless cap for buses and trams, with trains planned to join too. Building a whole new metro or rail network now would be extremely difficult and expensive.

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@Bullybongos @CrossCountryUK Key words, you “bought it from a 3rd party” therefore the 3rd party owes you money not CC

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@Bobbycarrott15 @BeeNetwork They have to repair the overhead lines that have been damaged? And it’s not that simple to get a truck down there.

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@ManCityCouncil @AndyBurnhamGM #FixMCR

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

BREAKING: Two teenagers killed on railway line in Greater Manchester https://t.co/NWTzagRKSZ

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Could mention in the tittle it’s not the airlines fault tbf, it’s the French ATC that went on strike. For example, “French ATC Strike causes chaos and cancellations across Ryanair, easyJet and many more”

[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

Chaos as Ryanair, easyJet and more cancel flights with over 30,000 passengers affected https://t.co/AP3IOHYKm5

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[Manchester News MEN @MENnewsdesk]

Manchester beats London as 'most desirable place to live in the UK' https://t.co/qk0PHQ3NQV

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@BerylBikes @ManCityCouncil

More and more bikes are being left outside the red rental zone and most of them aren’t just innocent mistakes. A lot of the time, it’s kids or others messing about, forcing the locks open, or smashing the bikes to bypass the lock system.

They wiggle the front lock, and if someone hasn’t parked it properly, it detaches. Then all it takes is dropping it hard or using a screwdriver - and the bike’s out and gone.

The real issue?

•Broken bikes left in stands = no working bikes for actual users
•Working ones are stolen + dumped out of zone
•Legit users get hit with “bike unavailable” errors
•Vans have to go out to recover them = major waste of time, money, and manpower

What should happen:

•If a user ends a ride out of zone: fine them, instantly if it’s a new account or one without previous history
•If payment fails: ban the phone, ban the email
•New accounts should require ID/address verification
•E-bikes? Enforce age checks — like 18+ only

Even Lime slows their scooters/bikes down when you leave the zone. Beryl should do something similar if bikes are taken too far out.

And for people who want to leave the zone and ride responsibly, they should be able to as long as they bring it back. You should check that the account has previous credibility to not do something stupid with the bike.

But right now? Look at this. More than 20 bikes clearly dumped outside the zone. And that’s just what’s showing. Imagine how many more are just stuck, broken, or never recovered.

Whole system being ruined by a small group, and it’s totally avoidable.

#FixMCR #Manchester

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Use your thick skull, if 1000 people do it a day that’s £3500. People say fares are too high but hear us out here, maybe just maybe if everybody paid the fare like they should, fares altogether would decrease, because normal fare paying passengers wouldn’t have to pay more just to cover for these parasites fare evading