"Loudcasting" on buses could cost passengers £100 in England
5 News finds Greater Manchester commuters split on the fine, while a transport campaigner doubts there are enough officers to hand it out.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 204,948 views a day, 36 times a normal first day on this channel (5,692).
People playing loud music on buses could be fined £100 under antisocial behaviour crackdown
There is now a name for the passenger who plays a video at full volume three seats away. Bradley Harris-White calls it "loudcasting" in his 5 News report, and the government wants local authorities in England to be able to turn it down.
Under new guidance, councils can draw up bylaws against antisocial behavior on buses (loud music and videos, littering, vaping and threatening conduct) and issue fixed penalties of up to £100. On trains, the report notes, penalties can reach £1,000. None of it is automatic: any local rule needs the transport secretary's sign-off first. Heidi Alexander, quoted in the video's description, calls it frustrating when "an inconsiderate few" spoil journeys for everyone else.
Bus drivers will not be the ones issuing the fines. "It'll be down to authorized officers and the police to enforce the rules," Harris-White says. Michael Solomon Williams of the Campaign for Better Transport sees that as the weak point: "There aren't necessarily enough people to enforce this. I think we're going to have to look to behavior change to lead the way."
The commuters in Greater Manchester do not agree with each other. A young passenger thinks £100 is "a bit too far-fetched" for someone who is just playing music. Older riders would welcome a deterrent.
The Short passed 135,000 views in its first eleven hours. Its comment section filled far faster than the channel's Shorts usually manage in a full day. Most of the comments ask the same question Williams raises, who will actually enforce this, and many viewers want loud speakerphone calls added to the list.
The report ends with a look back: Dom Joly's giant mobile phone from Trigger Happy TV, shouting that he is on the train. Twenty years on, the annoying phone call has competition from a whole playlist.
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- Channel
- 5 News
- Subscribers
- 202,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,364,756
- Channel views, pace per day
- 53,150 (on a normal day: 273,647)
- Video published
- October 19, 2026
- Video views so far
- 135,332 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 204,948
The numbers
A transport story that reached far more people than the channel's Shorts usually do on their first day, and drew a much busier comment section.
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Which comedian's giant mobile phone sketch closes the 5 News report?
The report ends with an archive clip of Dom Joly's oversized phone from his Channel 4 hidden-camera show Trigger Happy TV.