Community appeal for new bus service
A community has rallied behind an effort to bring a regular bus service to a village.
Hinstock, between Market Drayton and Newport, is one of the largest villages in Shropshire without its own bus service, according to residents.
They say the elderly feel stranded and disabled people in the village are "desperate" for some form of public transport.
Now a petition calling for Hinstock to be given its own bus service has been launched – prompting signatures from more than a quarter of the people living in the village.
In total, more than 400 have backed the campaign, which was started by local resident Ken Davies.
Mr Davies, who is a university lecturer said: "It’s been many years now since our village has had a bona fide bus service, and it’s about time our ever expanding village had one.
