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Ted Peskett

Parents call for action as Bridgend children forced to walk 40 minutes home in the 'dark, cold and rain'

Parents who slammed rules depriving children of free school transport have called on their local authority to act on the issue.

Cornelly parents whose children attend, or are due to attend, Cynffig Comprehensive School in Pyle are campaigning for a change to the eligibility criteria for access to free school transport.

Currently, the Welsh Government's Learner Travel Measure means that high school children who live less than three miles from their school are not entitled to free school transport - often leaving those who fall just short of the threshold with a 30 minute-plus walk to school.

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