Cover picture:UUF 329J, Classique Sun Saloon Coaches' ex-Southdown Plaxton Elite-bodied Leyland Leopard, in Girvan, Ayrshire. IAIN MACGREGOR

Contents

NEWS
First buys Truronian; Go-Ahead sells Diamond; Uno buys Centrebus St Albans; Stagecoach talks to Arriva about Huddersfield sale; First wants lightweights; end of Thamesdown Fleetlines

BUS PEOPLE
Deaths of Brian Crowther and Trevor Webster; new group engineering post for Phil Margrave

INSIDE TRACK
Yes, it really takes two to tango

GLOBAL NEWS
Big orders from Berlin and Geneva; Norwegians challenge Arriva

IN LONDON
£30,000 drivers' wage claim; the Big Move is made; iBus progress

MILLAR'S TALES
Is Enviro200 Regal a foolish idea? Merchandising Routemasters

FROM A TO B WITH FASTRACK B AND A
Putting the North Kent bus rapid transit lines to the test

FROM CAT-IN-A-BOX TO LEOPARDS IN LUXURY
The story of David Dean and his Classique Sun Saloon Coaches

PUBLICITY MATTERS
On the trail of a Big Black Cat leaving pawprints in Norfolk

SERVICE EXTRA
50km restriction could scare away new bus riders

PICTUREVIEW
Black Prince: a pictorial tribute to Brian Crowther

2008 GUIDE TO MAJOR BUS & COACH OPERATORS
Our reissued — and corrected — map of where to find them