Angry parents "in limbo" have hit out at a "shambolic state of affairs" after a Scots council announced a number of school bus routes had been cut for pupils at the last minute.
At 8.30pm the night before students returned, North Lanarkshire Council revealed a total of 43 routes would not be running for a number of primary and secondary schools in the region. As pupils were getting ready to head to their bed, council bosses said in an email that Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) - who organise mainstream contracts - had failed to get drivers for certain routes.
North Lanarkshire Council said they were only informed of the issue late on Tuesday afternoon by SPT and branded it as "wholly unacceptable". Following the news furious parents have hit out at the "ludicrous" timing of the announcement which left them scrambling about trying to find alternative travel for their children at the last minute.
