The MEN reports that First Manchester has been fined £285,000 following on from their recent grilling by the Traffic Commissioner over late running services. Beverley Bell (the first female Traffic Commissioner) is reported as saying that she wants to send out a message: that, without imposing a penalty, First Manchester would not have focused its mind enough to meet the legislation and I still feel its being complacent.
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