NOTTINGHAM City Council has been urged to exempt bus drivers from new charges to public toilets in the city centre. 

Lee Odams, a member of RMT union who has been driving buses for 18 years, wrote to the council, highlighting that drivers are sometimes behind the wheel “for five-and-a-half hours without a break.”

He noted that drivers are not always on a route with accessible toilets, many having to wait until the city centre to use those at Greyhound Street, which are due to have charges introduced.