FEISTY pensioner Renee Griffiths is battling once more - and this time she's fighting for a bus stop.

The 83-year-old widow, of Princess Street, Aber-tillery, is no stranger to campaigning, having already taken on the might of the government's Department of Trade and Industry and retail giant Currys - and won both fights.

In 2000 she told the Argus of her anger that she was having to wait so long for compensation for her husband Tom's death at the age of 75. He suffered chronic chest disease after working in the mines all his life.

Mrs Griffiths called for miners widows' claims and the sickest and oldest men's claims to be dealt with first. She has since settled her claim. Then in 2001 she took on DSG Retail Ltd, the owners of Currys, after claiming the company incorrectly fitted a new washing machine that later flooded her conservatory.

The company denied the claim but a judge at Blackwood County Court found them liable for the damage and ordered them to pay £249.83 to Mrs Griffiths - to replace her vinyl flooring and carpet and pay for paint for her skirting boards.

Now, despite the fact that she is almost 84 and in ill-health, the pensioner has launched another campaign.

This time she is taking on the local council by demanding a bus stop in Princess Street, Abertillery.

Already she has been visiting residents in her road asking them to sign a petition and collected more than 80 signatures.

She has also contacted her MP and Assembly Member in a bid to secure more bus stops.

"There is no bus stop in Princess Street - the nearest one is more than 200 yards away," she told the Argus. "I can't even walk 100 yards. I might not look my age, but I do feel it."

She added: "There aren't many people on the buses anymore and it is no wonder if they haven't got any bus stops."

Ian Macdonald, commercial manager for Glyn Williams buses, acknowledged there was "quite a distance" between the stops at either end of Princess Street and said he would have no objection to an extra stop there.

But he said it was the county borough council which was responsible for deciding where stops should be.

A council spokesman said: "A petition requesting another bus stop on Princess Street was received almost a year ago and we consulted with local residents, who objected to locating another bus stop close to their homes."