A BUS company is hoping not only to get Tyneside pupils to school on time, but also to teach them a thing or two when they are there. Arriva, which operates routes across the North East, has launched a new education pack called Getting to School.

By Paul Cook THE majority of bus services in Darl

By Marie Levy TEESSIDE bus users today urged Arriva to start taking action to improve local services. Doris Dyer of Yarm has been campaigning for more than seven years for more buses to run near her Valley Drive home.

Transport operator Arriva has pledged cheaper travel and the freeing up of a key development site in Darlington after taking over Stagecoach's operations in the town. The Sunderland-based company said it would sell its Feethams depot to the council and move to Stagecoach's Faverdale base.

By David Roberts BUS services in Darlington have