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Unmet Demand Survey: North Tyneside

As most of the Hacks on North Tyneside may know, There has recently been an unmet demand survey here in North Tyneside. Total waste of money as you only need to have a drive around and take a look to see that there is NO Demand! let alone an unmet one.
Along with this survey there [...]

Objection! Newcastle City Council

Copy of Ian Shanks objection to Newcastle City Council:
Wether this objection is in favour of Hackney Carriages or Private Hire I don’t know but if Newcastle Hacks feel they are being unfairly treated maybe They should add weight to this objection. If on the other hand the Parking policy is aimed at Private Hire and/or [...]

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 [...]

Cabbie wins smoking court case

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 [...]

Comments System

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 [...]