People living in St Dominick who rely on their local bus service have been left virtually stranded after the operating company slashed the frequency of buses the village. Callington's Mebyon Kernow Cornwall councillor and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South East Cornwall Andrew Long is calling for the service to be reinstated, after First Kernow revised its 76 Service, leaving the village with only one bus a day rather than the original five. The revised service came into operation on September 7 and the new timetable means that the only bus service regularly heading south towards Saltash and Plymouth is at 7am while heading to Callington only the 6.10pm service remains. 'Prior to September 7, the 76 service stopped in St Dominick on a two-hourly basis, part of which was subsidised by Cornwall Council. 'First Kernow has now reduced this to just one service in each direction which leaves many local residents, especially the elderly and vulnerable, with no direct service either to Callington or Saltash. 'This change means that these residents now have to rely on a dial-a- ride service to Callington, or walking over a mile to catch the service at St Mellion or Ashton. This is clearly unacceptable,' said cllr Long. 'Given that we are funding part of the route, I have asked the public service officer to assist in putting pressure on First Kernow to amend this so that the people living in St Dominick can get a reasonable service,' he added. First Cornwall says the timetable has been revised to provide faster journeys between Callington and Plymouth. Most peak journeys will continue to serve Ashton and St Mellion.