PARENTS have been warned of a bus driver who has reportedly been trying to pick up children by offering them a lift to school.
Mums and dads in Bedfordshire have been told of a “very serious” incident after youngsters were approached.
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Pupils in village Houghton Conquest, east of Milton Keynes, were offered a ride by the driver this morning.
The bus is marked with the livery of company G.H. Watts – but bosses from the firm say they sold the vehicle to a private owner back in December, Bedfordshire Live reports.
Chiefs at Central Bedfordshire Council have now contacted headteachers in the area to make sure no youngster boards.
Officials described the incident as “very serious”, and asked parents to make sure children are aware they shouldn’t get into any unknown vehicles.
The warning has also been shared by worried parents on Facebook.
Cops have been contacted for comment.
Elsewhere, a furious Birmingham mum said her daughter has been left without school transportation for 14 weeks because of her nut allergy.
Joanne Mahon, 40, applied for help from the council to take nine-year-old daughter Skye to and from her special school each day so she could continue to care for her disabled husband Darren.
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Her application was approved by the Travel Assist sceheme at the end of September, but because no members of staff are EpiPen trained on the school bus, the family are still waiting for the transport months on.
It means Joanne, who is a full time carer, is having to spend hours away from wheelchair-bound Darren each day.
It puts him at risk of “choking on his own tongue” as he suffers from “severe” epileptic fits, Birmingham Live reports.
The mum-of-three from Erdington said: “I’ve actually been on the phone to him coming back from Kings Heath and I’ve literally listened to him swallowing his tongue.
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“There’s nothing I can do because I’m not supposed to leave him.
“If he’s fitting and I’m on the other side of Birmingham, there’s no one to help him or to let anyone in.
“It’s either my daughter’s education or my husband’s health.”
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