I READ with interest your recent article about congestion outside schools caused by people taking their children to school by car.

I have just received a letter from the council saying they intend to discontinue the school bus from Haydock to Newton High School. Do they not realise that this will increase the number of cars being used to drop children off?

I would urge everyone affected by this to write to the council and complain.

D. Akehurst, Gleneagles Drive, Haydock.

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