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REMEMBRANCE: Free First Bus travel for veterans, serving forces and cadets on both days of remembrance

Show your Armed Forces ID, or wear your medals or uniform, and the fare to the Cenotaph is covered on…

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Kit Peters
Tom Giffard MS sitting in the driver’s seat of a green electric double‑decker bus.
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Swansea MS meets First Bus to discuss future of city’s transport network

South Wales West MS Tom Giffard has met with First Bus to discuss the future of Swansea’s transport network, welcoming…

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First Cymru warns of festive disruption as strike dispute escalates

First Cymru has criticised Unite’s decision to stage two months of strike action, warning that bus services across south and…

Group of striking First Cymru bus workers standing together on the picket line in South Wales.
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First Cymru strike dispute deepens as Unite accuses company of “union‑busting”

Unite says drivers have been left “furious” at stalled pay talks and the refusal to pay back‑pay, as continuous strike…

Red Swansea‑branded First Cymru double‑decker bus leaving Swansea Bus Station alongside a single‑decker in the bay.
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First Cymru bus strikes set to continue into January as dispute escalates

Unite has confirmed that strike action by First Cymru bus drivers will now continue from 20 November through to 21…

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First Bus gives Remembrance free travel for all Armed Forces, veterans and cadets

The First Bus fleet of 5,700 buses across the UK is enabling serving Armed Forces personnel, cadets and veterans to…

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First Cymru confirms bus strikes will go ahead after pay offer rejected

First Cymru has confirmed that bus strikes will go ahead across South and West Wales after drivers rejected the company’s…

Red Swansea‑branded First Cymru double‑decker bus leaving Swansea Bus Station alongside a single‑decker in the bay.
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First Bus strike to cause major disruption across south and west Wales

Bus passengers across south and west Wales are being warned to expect major disruption later this month after First Bus…

Anneka Rice and First Bus
Anneka Rice

Anneka Rice teams up with bus company to ‘re-discover the joy’ of concessionary bus travel

TV’s Anneka Rice has joined forces with First Bus to encourage people in Wales in their 60s and beyond to…

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Swansea bus driver named longest-serving employee after 58 years in the job

First Bus has marked the career of its longest-serving employee, Kenny Beckers from Swansea, who has been employed by the…