A Newcastle grandmother will no longer have to pay an Askew Road bus lane fine after Gateshead Council backed down.
Sandra Dawson, 74, was driving her two grandchildren to the cinema on the morning of Thursday, April 6, and accidentally drove onto the notorious Askew Road bus lane.
Shortly after, Gateshead Council sent the Dumpling Hall resident a £70 fixed penalty notice, which Sandra says she would not have been in an easy position to pay since retiring. She appealed to the local authority directly but to no avail.
