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There has been a fresh call for answers from the region’s bus operator after school pupils were evacuated from a local service for the second time in less than a month.

Bus giant McGill’s has sought to discredit claims about the cost of bus franchising in Renfrewshire and the Strathclyde region.

Bus operator McGill’s has announced it’s pulling all services from West Lothian, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded.

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts kicked off the company’s first-quarter earnings call by acknowledging the abrupt dismissal of NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell last Sunday.

As Comcast manages through the shocking and abrupt exit of NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, the company has put senior exec Mike Cavanagh at the controls on an interim basis.

An investigation has been launched after a bus burst into flames on Friday morning.

A billionaire pair of brothers have pledged to empower local decision-makers on bus services as they take over running of the regional network.

Blonde, which was released on Netflix today (September 28), gives insight into Marilyn Monroe's successful career before her death on August 4, 1962.Ana de Armas stars as the Hollywood actress in the Netflix movie alongside Adrien Brody as Marilyn's ex-husband, Arthur Miller, and Julianne Nicholson as Marilyn's mother, Gladys Pearl Baker.In the days before her tragic death, Marilyn hit headlines after it was revealed that she was having an alleged affair with married man and president of the United States, John F Kennedy.Here's everything you need to know about her relationship with JFK:Speculation has suggested that Marilyn Monroe and JFK met at a dinner party in New York back in 1962.The pair were reportedly introduced by none other than music legend Frank Sinatra, who was a close friend of JFK and Marilyn.JFK is said to then have invited the movie star to a weekend at Bing Crosby's house in Palm Springs a few weeks later, where they were not joined by JFK's wife, Jackie Kennedy.Marilyn was named as one of JFK's mistresses by investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in his book “The Dark Side of Camelot”. However, this was never officially confirmed.In 1973, Normal Mailer, an American novelist, was the first person to bring the idea of a Kennedy-Monroe affair to into the spotlight, but he has since said he "needed the money very badly" at the time and hoped the comment would boost his book sales.

Get the latest Renfrewshire stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterPassengers will be able to make the switch to becoming more environmentally friendly as three electric bus routes launch in Renfrewshire.The McGill’s 26, 23 and 38 routes will all be powered by electric buses by the end of October with another two routes to follow in November.The bus company has invested £32.5million investment in 68 zero emission buses which will see it become the largest operator of electric buses in Scotland.Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGill’s Group said: “The scale of our investment truly demonstrates our commitment to the green agenda, and cements us as leaders in clean, zero emission journeys.“This is just the beginning as we look to

coronavirus cases. Urgent procedures will still go ahead however NHS Borders has now cancelled routine planned operations until the end of January.

The owners of Renfrewshire bus operator McGill’s have vowed to personally pay staff wages until the government furlough scheme kicks in.