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Bad News For The Public and Cheltenham Taxi Service

A MAN with 17 convictions, including burglary, threatening behaviour and the possession of drugs has been given the green light to become a taxi driver.
Jayantilal Patel’s application for a Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence was granted for one year by Cheltenham borough licensing committee.
The decision sparked anger among taxi drivers.
Speaking after the meeting, Dave Hemmings, chairman [...]

18Nov2008 | News admin | 5 comments | Continued
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Cabbie wins smoking court case

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Published Date:
13 November 2008
By Suzanne Harvey

Magistrates have cleared a taxi driver of smoking inside his cab.
Today the decision to bring the case to court in the first place was condemned by pro-smoking lobbyists.
Peter Cowley, 54, denied smoking inside a smoke-free place when he was parked at a taxi rank in Leyland town centre.
It is [...]

14Nov2008 | News admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Ban The Horn!

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Transport chiefs want to ban taxi drivers from sounding their horns outside customers’ homes, but drivers say that could leave them vulnerable to violence. The restriction on private hire and Hackney carriage drivers is the latest in a raft of measures being considered to improve the image of the trade, including introducing dress and behaviour [...]

14Nov2008 | News admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Comments System

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We have improved our commenting system as the threads were getting all mixed up and people found theirselves replying to the wrong threads. The new system enables a commenter to directly reply to the comment they are reading thus putting their comment into the correct thread.
Additionally Comments are no longer moderated,meaning your comment will be [...]

14Nov2008 | News admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BBC girl: Don’t send me an Asian cabbie

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A BBC presenter has been fired for telling a taxi firm not to send an Asian driver to pick up her daughter.
Sam Mason, 40, told a cab operator: “A guy with a turban on is going to freak her out.”
When her request was refused, she snapped: “You’ve managed it before.” The taxi worker was so [...]

13Nov2008 | News admin | 15 comments | Continued
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Six arrested after swoop on Tyneside taxi office

Six men were arrested yesterday afternoon at Central Taxis’ premises in both Nile Street and Railway Terrace, North Shields, as officers searched 25 taxis.

13Nov2008 | News admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Ian Shanks BBC Radio Newcastle Interview

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7Nov2008 | News admin | 37 comments | Continued
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Judge rules over rival taxi row

A judge has told Berwick Council to rethink its policy on taxi licences after Tyneside cabbies protested over an influx of rival operators.
Newcastle City Council brought the High Court case, complaining Berwick Council was issuing hundreds of licences which could be used anywhere in the UK.
The town has 672 licensed Hackney carriages, one for every [...]

5Nov2008 | News admin | 80 comments | Continued
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The Judgement!!

Neutral Citation Number: [2008] EWHC 2369 (Admin)
Case No: CO/6448/2007
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
05/11/2008

5Nov2008 | News admin | 20 comments | Continued
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Four Cures For Rip-off Britain

With the government keen to keep the electorate happy, these four clean-ups would be a good start…

4Nov2008 | News admin | 0 comments | Continued
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