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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Pol Allingham & Megan Carr & Reanna Smith

Disabled nan forced to drive mobility scooter 1.5 miles in rain 'after coach refused her'

A disabled grandmother has hit out at a coach company and accused them of "discrimination" after she said it refused to allow her to board the bus with her mobility scooter.

Lesley McMaster was left to travel for 1.5 miles in the pouring rain to visit her sick daughter and grandchildren after a staff member for Nu-Venture allegedly told her she wasn't allowed on the bus with the scooter.

She claimed the bus driver told her it was "too heavy" and that it was up to his discretion whether to let her on.

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