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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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Satellite Navigation

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Family demands answers over son’s taxi death

HIS life ended in a moment of madness.
But for the family of Jamie Waite, the agony of his death will last forever.
And their pain has been made worse as they feel they have no justice for the 21-year-old, who died when, after a night out with family and friends, he is thought to have leapt [...]

30Oct2008 | News admin | 8 comments | Continued
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Taxi drivers ‘want pepper spray’

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Taxi drivers in Belfast are campaigning to be allowed to carry pepper spray so they can defend themselves against violent passengers.
Public hire drivers say drastic action is needed to cut down on the number of attacks on drivers.
The drivers claim more and more drivers are being assaulted by passengers and say some are even [...]

26Oct2008 | News admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Taxi drivers ‘have brain sat-nav’

Scientists have uncovered evidence for an inbuilt “sat-nav” system in the brains of London taxi drivers.
They used magnetic scanners to explore the brain activity of taxi drivers as they navigated their way through a virtual simulation of London’s streets.
Different brain regions were activated as they considered route options, spotted familiar landmarks or thought [...]

26Oct2008 | News admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The role of taxis in the Tyne and Wear Public Transport network

The following post is about a report commissioned by Nexus and compiled by JMP Consultants Limited.
It is far too difficult to post on this site for various technical reasons but has become available as a pdf document which can be viewed here:   Taxi Study Final Report    Adobe Reader.Get Here!
 

22Oct2008 | News admin | 0 comments | Continued
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JMP Study on Taxi Trade: By Ian Shanks

I regularly attend the Nexus meetings which includes a number of operators and licensing officers sometimes police and a few other bodies. I must also say the numbers are dwindling.
but after four years and much hard work by the disliked Mr Fidler and others they have  forced Nexus to have a study done and paid [...]

12Oct2008 | News admin | 73 comments | Continued
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DFDS Revisited: A Modern Saga

Certain Private Hire operators who now hold the franchise at the Scandinavian Ferry terminal in North Shields, seemingly not content with that have come here and made mention of the fact that The Central Station, Newcastle & Newcastle Airport are akin to what has transpired at the Ferry Terminal.
I must admit this conversation in the [...]

9Oct2008 | News admin | 18 comments | Continued
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