A COWDENBEATH man was shocked to find an electrical fitting on a bus hanging down on a morning trip to Edinburgh.

Craig Sneddon was on the X54 at the back of 8am when he came across the problem fitting.

Said Craig: "I have a concern about health and safety on board Stagecoach bus services after finding the sockets like this each morning.

"Today I had my nephew with me who had a good look at the socket and it got me thinking about the consequences of him touching a socket like this".

He added: "I can't believe this bus has been let out of the depot like this and can only imagine what would have happened had my nephew touched the wires inside."

Stagecoach said that when they were made aware of this last week we set out to find the vehicle in question with additional inspections, the vehicle has since been traced and the issue resolved .

The spokeswoman for Stagecoach East Scotland said: "We were concerned to hear of this issue by a customer last week and immediately commenced additional checks on our vehicles to identify the vehicle.

"The coach in question has now been traced and the issue rectified. Safety is our absolute priority, and although our vehicles are checked daily, it seems there has been movement to this socket when a plug was removed and we're investigating this further."