:00:14. > :00:22.This is BBC News. There might be vital for the economy, carrying
:00:23. > :00:27.millions of people every year to shop, work and study, but both
:00:28. > :00:30.services outside London are in crisis according to campaigners.
:00:31. > :00:35.Councillors across England and Wales Councillors across England and Wales
:00:36. > :00:39.have cut their boss budgets by a third, affecting thousands of
:00:40. > :00:42.routes. It is the young, the less well off than those living in small
:00:43. > :00:45.villages who are suffering the most. villages who are suffering the most.
:00:46. > :00:54.Our transport correspondent has the report. Time is running out for many
:00:55. > :00:57.of our buses. They carry three times more people than the trains, but
:00:58. > :01:11.thousands of routes have gone in recent years. This is a late-night
:01:12. > :01:18.service from Bath. It is one of the services facing cuts. In September
:01:19. > :01:23.the funding for the service is going to run out completely. Most of the
:01:24. > :01:29.passengers on this bus are young, like Holly who works late in a
:01:30. > :01:36.restaurant. And Joshua goes to college in Bath. They cannot afford
:01:37. > :01:43.to drive or move house. You just cannot find the same opportunities
:01:44. > :01:46.in a small town, so being able to travel daily and nightly is very
:01:47. > :01:49.important to me being able to earn enough money to live. How much
:01:50. > :01:57.longer will you be going to college? longer will you be going to college?
:01:58. > :02:05.Three years. How will you get there? I want be able to if they cut the
:02:06. > :02:10.bus services. It is said that different councils should help to
:02:11. > :02:12.fund the services. First bus has kept it going for a few months but
:02:13. > :02:18.unless a campaign can drum up more unless a campaign can drum up more
:02:19. > :02:23.passengers some services will go. It is a story reflected across much of
:02:24. > :02:31.England and Wales. Campaigners said nearly 3000 routes have been slimmed
:02:32. > :02:37.down or dropped since 2010. 500 of them last year when two thirds of
:02:38. > :02:42.local authorities cut their 's budget. First group ran one fifth of
:02:43. > :02:49.the bus services outside London, which is where these cuts are
:02:50. > :02:54.happening. We want to serve more customers. When we are criticised we
:02:55. > :03:03.services as a last resort. They're services as a last resort. They're
:03:04. > :03:08.funding. They said that cuts in funding. They said that cuts in
:03:09. > :03:13.funding have forced them to cut rates. They will soon have more
:03:14. > :03:16.powers to improved services but passengers know that once their boss
:03:17. > :03:25.back. Coming up at 11:30pm we will back. Coming up at 11:30pm we will
:03:26. > :03:31.have a full paper review before then here are some of the front pages.
:03:32. > :03:36.The Daily Telegraph says that EU officials are trying to prevent the
:03:37. > :03:43.Prime Minister from getting a deal about expats in Europe. It also
:03:44. > :03:47.features a large picture of Princess Charlotte. The FT says the European
:03:48. > :03:55.Commission is planning to issue plans to control the Euro clearing
:03:56. > :04:00.market. It is the high cost of calls in hospitals that is highlighted on
:04:01. > :04:05.the front of the metro. The high claims that tax laws are so complex
:04:06. > :04:12.that tax payers may end up overpaying. There is also the
:04:13. > :04:16.meeting between to reason me and Jean-Claude Juncker. The Prime
:04:17. > :04:22.Minister is claiming that the account was just gossip. The Daily
:04:23. > :04:27.Mail says that fertility clinics exploit couples who are desperate
:04:28. > :04:34.for a baby by persuading them to donate eggs in return for free
:04:35. > :04:39.treatment. The Claims warns of a financing crisis around new cars.
:04:40. > :04:44.They say that buyers are not always made aware of the terms of the
:04:45. > :04:49.loans. The Guardian says that the Prime Minister is having to battle
:04:50. > :04:56.getting Brexit talks back on track after what it calls a humiliating
:04:57. > :04:57.start to the negotiations. Those are the front pages, now it