A GROUP of yobs pelted a bus with stones on a Poole estate.

You might think you’ve heard it before – except that these vandals were not unruly children but grown men.

On the same day we report on the nominations for the Bourne Brilliant Awards, this episode is a reminder that adults can easily match disaffected teenagers for bad behaviour.

Residents of Arne Avenue will be hoping Wilts and Dorset does not withdraw services from their road. But it’s clear bus drivers should not have to accept this kind of treatment as an occupational hazard.