27 h. ago West Lothian school transport cost prompts question over free bus pass use

The council pays £1, 245 per pupil to provide ‘free’ school transport - but with the Scottish Government also providing free bus passes to under 22s, one councillor questioned why pupils were not being asked to use normal buses.

Politics

7 d. ago Youth violence campaigner begs third Swinney summit 'cannot be another talking shop'

Vicky Donald, whose teenage daughter was attacked on a school bus, pleaded: "Let's hope another child doesn't die in between this summit and the next."

Politics

1 week ago Major bus routes plan to benefit thousands of passengers in local communities

Thousands of bus passengers who rely on 'lifeline' routes to get to work, school or the doctors’ will be protected from sudden cuts to services at short-notice

Politics

1 week ago Mother of crash victim backs safety calls as school bus legislation announced

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins said she intends to bring forward legislation which prohibits overtaking school buses at bus stops.

Events

2 w. ago 'We sold everything we owned and moved into a £25,000 school bus with our kids'

Lotti Harrison, 29, and Ty Burns, 37, packed up their lives in the UK for a life on the road

Economics

3 w. ago Death toll from Pakistan school bus bombing rises to 8 as Islamabad blames India

The death toll from a school bus bombing in southwestern Pakistan rose to eight as Pakistan's military blames rival India for allegedly supporting rebels behind the attack

Events

3 w. ago 3 girls and 2 soldiers killed in Pakistan school bus bombing are buried

Hundreds of mourners in Pakistan have attended the funerals of three schoolgirls and two soldiers killed in a suicide bombing that targeted a school bus

Events

3 w. ago Lanarkshire Labour councillor deliberately drove his car at man filming school bus cuts protest

Raging Pat Patton, of Bellshill, then got out of his Hyundai Santa Fe and told the victim to put his camera away.

Events

3 w. ago Three children among five dead in car bomb attack on Pakistan school bus

Pakistan’s interior minister called the perpetrators of school bus attack ‘beasts’ who deserved no leniency

Events

3 w. ago Pakistan blames India for suspected suicide attack on school bus

Four children and two adults killed in attack on bus en route to army public school in Balochistan provincePakistan has blamed India for a suspected suicide attack on a school bus in its south-western province of Balochistan on Wednesday morning that killed four children.The bus was en route to the army public school in the city of Khuzdar. According to local officials, an attacker drove a vehicle into the bus at and then detonated explosives. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago A suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 5 people

Officials say a suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing five people, including at least three children and wounding 38 others

Events

3 w. ago Multiple kids killed and 38 injured after suicide car bomber strikes school bus

A suicide car bomber has struck a school bus in Pakistan, killing at least four children and wounding 38 others, with the attack taking place in the tense Balochistan province

Events

3 w. ago At least four children killed in suicide bombing on school bus in Pakistan

A minister described the perpetrators as 'beasts' who committed 'sheer barbarism'

Events

3 w. ago At least five killed in suicide bombing on school bus in Pakistan

At least three of the victims are children, officials say

Events

3 w. ago White 'School Bus Karen' gets instant karma after storming school bus to berate black student

Samantha Danielle Spoor, dubbed the 'School Bus Karen,' had a meltdown that saw her placed into handcuffs following her outburst on a North Carolina school bus.

Events

4 w. ago Truck driver found guilty on lesser charges in bus crash that killed 6 on school trip

A truck driver who triggered a deadly chain-reaction crash with a charter bus carrying Ohio high school band students was convicted of vehicular homicide but cleared on more serious charges

Events