Boy, 11, 軍隊d to walk three miles past 麻薬 dens and 燃やすd out cars to school because he lives 80 YARDS too の近くに to get a 解放する／自由な bus

  • Tomos James will have to walk through a forest, 麻薬 dens and a waste-ground 十分な of 燃やすd out cars to school
  • Police say the 大勝する is not 安全な as it 含むs an area where officers を取り引きする anti-social problems and 強襲，強姦s

By Emily Allen

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Tomos James, from Swansea, South Wales

Anxious: Tomos James, 11, has been 辞退するd a 解放する／自由な bus pass even though police say it is 危険な for him to walk to school

A young boy 直面するs a daily three-mile walk through 麻薬 dens after 存在 辞退するd a bus pass as he lives just 80 yards too の近くに to his school.

Tomos James, 11, has been 辞退するd the 解放する／自由な? pass even though police say it is 危険な for him to walk to school.

Instead, his daily trek will take him through a forest, 麻薬 dens, a waste-ground 十分な of 燃やすd-out cars and areas 分類するd as 'anti-social'.

His anxious mother Ruth, 41, is （選挙などの）運動をするing for education 長，指導者s to give Tomos 解放する／自由な 輸送（する） when he starts at high school in September.

A confidential letter from police （一定の）期間ing out the dangers to 会議 輸送（する） 長，指導者s has been 漏れるd by 選挙運動者s.

A 上級の officer said in the letter: 'I have advised Mrs James that this is not a 安全な 大勝する for her child to walk.

'This section is one in which we を取り引きする a number of anti-social problems 含むing cars 存在 burnt out, 麻薬 misuse, モーター cycle annoyance and 強襲，強姦s.

'During the winter months children would have to walk along the forest path in 不明瞭 at times when there are not many people around.'

Tomos, of Bonymaen, Swansea, lives too の近くに to Bryntawe School to qualify for the school bus.

Swansea 会議 said children qualified for 解放する／自由な 輸送（する） if they live more than three miles along an 利用できる walking 大勝する to their school of choice.

But Tomos’s house is 正確に／まさに 260ft inside the three-mile 境界.

His father Peter, 43, said: 'We are outside the area by about 80 yards but to get to school it means Tomos will have to walk through a forest.

'Another part of the 大勝する takes him through a very rough area where all the street lights have been 粉砕するd and there’s 麻薬 paraphernalia all around.

'It is dangerous - I’m 脅すd he may get mugged for his 動きやすい phone.

'The 会議 thinks its alright for a boy of 11 to walk all that way through an 危険な area - I say it’s not 許容できる.

Tomos James, from Swansea, South Wales has to walk three miles to school Tomos James, from Swansea, South Wales has to walk three miles to school

危険な: Tomos's daily three mile trek will take him through a forest, 麻薬 dens, a waste-ground 十分な of 燃やすd-out cars and areas 分類するd as 'anti-social' by police who say it's not 安全な for him to walk alone

'They are not 関心d about the children’s personal safety, just road safety, as long as they are not walking 近づく traffic they don’t care.'

The James’s have four children with another one 予定 in October.

A Swansea 会議 広報担当者 said: 'We understand the 失望／欲求不満 of parents whose homes 落ちる outside of the qualifying 境界 for 解放する／自由な 輸送（する） to school.

Tomos James, from Swansea, South Wales, who faces a 3 mile walk to school

大勝する: Tomos's 大勝する to school is three miles long and has been みなすd '危険な' by police but the 会議 say he still doesn't qualify for 解放する／自由な home to school 輸送（する） which has 失望させるd his parents

'に引き続いて the 関心s raised by Tomos’ parents, 会議 officers have been on 場所／位置 and carried out a 十分な review of the wa lking 大勝する.

'The 査定／評価 is based on a child 存在 …を伴ってd as appropriate by an adult, not a 孤独な child.

'As a result the 大勝する does 会合，会う the 基準 as an 利用できる 大勝する which means Tomos does not qualify for 解放する／自由な home to school 輸送（する）.'

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