Rail usage, NHS 111 and Stoke bus child-travel updates issued on same day

The Office of Rail and Road announced annual regional rail-usage figures covering April 2025 to March 2026, providing passenger-journey data for each region of Great Britain and saying the statistics will be incorporated into station-usage estimates from the next publication onwards [1][3]. The UK Health Security Agency published weekly NHS 111 remote health advice bulletins for 2026, summarising calls for health advice in England under the syndromic surveillance system [2]. First Bus said that, from 6:00pm on 21 August, children aged 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult to travel on services operating to and from Hanley Bus Station in Stoke [4]. The operator said the restriction followed continuing incidents of anti-social behaviour at the bus station and on board services and had been approved by the Department for Transport after discussions with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Staffordshire Police [4].