Published: Wednesday, 28th July, 2010 2:44pm

Elizabeth is told she can't go on trip for second time

by Anna Blyth

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A DISABLED Ardrossan OAP has been banned from a summer trip because funding will NOT be provided for a wheelchair access bus - for the second year running.

The Herald reported this time last year that the Ardrossan Older People's Welfare Committee was looking into hiring a bus with wheelchair access for their 2010 summer trip after they refused to sell wheelchair-bound Elizabeth Garland a ticket for their trip last year.

Elizabeth, of Seton Street, was left astonished last week that the group once again refused to sell her a ticket for their annual trip, claiming that council funding provided to them did not stretch to hiring an accessible coach.

For the full story see this week's Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald.