A volunteer who regularly hired council minibuses said they would be losing a "vital asset" after it was confirmed the local authority was to stop the service over concerns about insurance.
The bus hires stopped in the pandemic and council officers said that changes to insurance meant the council could now be liable in accidents if the buses continued to be hired out, without regular driver training.
Volunteers now face paying far more for commercial bus hires and it is also difficult to hire the right size of bus from commercial operators, with most buses either too small or too large.
