Parents and staff have told of their delight after a college reversed its plan to close a lifeline nursery service in Cumbernauld.
As previously reported by The Herald, New College Lanarkshire had announced the decision to close its campus nursery at the end of the year.
Initially the nursery had been earmarked for closure in the summer but it was then announced it would remain in operation until December 31 to allow time to try and find a solution.
The preferred option was for Amcol, a limited company with charity status which is a subsidiary of the college, to take over the running of the nursery, with the business already operating NCL's nursery on the Motherwell campus.
However, parents were told "significant financial challenges" meant it was "impossible to sustain" operating costs, which the college put at £1million for the past three years.
