McGill's makes a move on Malta / Fungus on First

Now Arriva have pulled out of Malta, McGill's, who bought Arriva's Scottish business, are considering bidding for the Mediterranean nation's bus franchise. More details at BBC News.

Mushrooms have been found growing on a First bus in service in Cornwall, reports This Is Cornwall. First are quoted as saying that the bus in question will be thoroughly checked. But how can a company of their calibre allow a bus to deteriorate into a state where mushrooms can grow on it in the first place?