TrawsCymru buses to be free at weekends

Welsh first minister pledges 12-month trial ‘to strengthen bus services’, but bus operators raise concerns about the plan. Rhodri Clark reports
 
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Carwyn Jones, first minister of Wales, has announced free weekend travel on TrawsCymru bus services, funded by the Welsh Government. The bus industry was not consulted before the announcement.
At the Welsh Labour Conference in Llandudno, Jones announced three measures which, he said, would make a tangible difference t