Nurseries in West Dunbartonshire will no longer need to be ready to offer extended hours from August.The deadline for the early years extension programme - which would have seen children eligible for 1140 hours from after the scheduled summer break - has been removed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.Building work has been suspended and staff have been diverted elsewhere while the country is in lockdown to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19.A joint statement was last night issued by children and young people’s minister Maree Todd and COSLA’s children and young people spokesperson, Councillor Stephen McCabe.Recycling and food waste uplifts stop in West Dunbartonshire due to pandemicIt read: “In these exceptional circumstances it is