Rural Dorset bus routes set for axe in council review

Villages including Sixpenny Handley are set to have their bus services ended

Bus services set to be cut in rural Dorset in a bid to save £500,000 have been published by the county council.

The authority plans to end subsidies for services that run once or twice a week, and encourage volunteer-run community transport schemes.

It said it was focussing on routes which "support Dorset's economy by helping people get to school or work".

A public consultation on the plans is being held before a cabinet decision on 24 February.