I found this whilst surfing the Google News Alerts.  The concept seems to be a modern day Routemaster with tram/LRT styling.  The tagline on the website reads “This chameleon bus will potentially change the economic and environmental costs of passenger and freight transportation in the 21st century city, due to the original features never seen [...]

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Route 51 [Selkent - PD] - Contract awarded to Selkent with existing fleet double deckers and operated from Plumstead Garage [PD]. New timetable incorporating improved train connections at Woolwich. New
OmniCity double deckers have been ordered [...]

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[Source: Transport for London]
Hybrid bus fleet to quadruple to 56, the largest in the UK, by early 2009.
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a range of new, single and double deck, eco-friendly hybrid buses for London today (2 December), the first stage in a major expansion of the Capital’s hybrid bus fleet.
By the end of [...]

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Source: The Register]
No change - but police continue to bend the law
By John Ozimek • Get more from this author
Posted in Policing, 1st December 2008 15:26 GMT

New guidelines on the use of police stop and search powers under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in respect of individuals taking photos in public are to be [...]

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