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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jedidajah Otte

Manchester bus driver dismissed for being ‘too short’ given job back after appeal

Tracey Scholes
Tracey Scholes, one of Greater Manchester’s first female bus drivers, outside Queen’s Road bus depot in Manchester following her final appeal. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

A woman who was dismissed after she flagged that she was “too short” to drive safely due to a bus redesign has been reinstated, the bus operator has said.

Tracey Scholes, one of Greater Manchester’s first female bus drivers, who is 5ft (1.52m) tall, said Go North West’s changes meant she could no longer reach the pedals on the new model of bus used on her route without a blind spot appearing when she leaned backwards to use the wing mirrors.

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