By CHRIS MUSSON CHILDREN as young as eight launched a series of ambushes on buses, hurling stones at drivers leaving a Glasgow depot. The wrecking spree in Scotstoun is thought to have caused damage which will cost GBP1400 to repair.

PASSENGERS are to get better bus services to and from Glasgow city centre from this weekend. First Glasgow is putting on faster and more frequent services for Kirkintilloch, Bishopbriggs, Lenzie and Harestanes with buses up to every eight minutes into Glasgow from Sunday.

BUS operator First Glasgow has taken over routes in Lanarkshire. The company stepped in after Hutchison's Coaches, which ran Motherwell and Wishaw services, withdrew from local bus operations.

By GORDON THOMSON RIVAL transport chiefs today pledged to work together to join the transport revolution set to sweep Glasgow. Today they threw their weight behind a blueprint which will transform the city's public transport system and help unclog its congested streets.

By GORDON THOMSON GLASGOW'S bus supremo today challenged city motorists to ditch their cars and join the public transport revolution. Mark Savelli, managing director of First Glasgow, wants more people to hop aboard the bus to get to work, to the shops or on a night out.