Parents in Fintry and Aberfoyle have been breathing a sigh of relief this week after a Stirling Council budget U-turn halted controversial changes to local nursery opening hours.
Fintry Parent Council had said the nursery opening hours in the village being reduced from 8-6pm Monday-Friday to 9-3pm Monday-Friday would seriously hinder working parents, who would no longer be able to pay for extra days or hours beyond their state-funded nursery hours.
Meanwhile children returning to Aberfoyle Nursery would have had the 8am-6pm maintained next year only, with Fintry youngsters not being offered that option.
