Virgin has made an application for a judicial review of the decision to award FirstGroup the contract, and has lodged papers at the High Court in London.

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She said an application for bail was expected to be made on Monday and an application for a reduction in sentence was expected within 10 days.

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The council has made an application to the Department for Education to replace the current governors with an interim executive board.

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