A COMMUNITY transport scheme has a new set of wheels to help more people get around in the north of the county.

And those who run Community Wheels have thanked a Leominster business which has stepped in to house two minibuses after they were struck by vandals.

The HVOSS-run service – which helps those unable to use public transport and without access to private transport of their own – discovered the damage to the two minibuses on two separate occasions after the were parked in an overflow car park at the town's leisure centre.

Leominster Pest Control came to the rescue to allow Community Wheels to park the minibuses in the business' car park in the hope they will be safer.

HVOSS stepped in last August to help provide the 427 bus service from Bodenham to Leominster following Herefordshire Council's withdrawal of subsidy, working in partnership with Leominster Town Council, Humber, Ford and Stoke Prior Group Parish Council and Bodenham Parish Council.

It is hoped the new vehicle will enable other communities to access a minibus if their local services have been withdrawn or are at risk of being withdrawn.

Anyone with information about the vandalism is asked to call 101.

To find out more about Community Wheels, including how to volunteer and to register to use the service, visit hvoss.org.uk/categories/community-transport/community-wheels