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Northumberland Consultation on Draft Policy

The council has started a formal consultation on a draft policy for hackney carriage and private hire licensing which was considered and endorsed by the Council’s Licensing and Regulatory Committee on 4th December 2009……

Berwick/Northumberland situation: Questions Answered

The Following questions and subsequent replies, by David Wilson, answers some questions about the Berwick situation.

can i just ask as to why we still have a number of berwick plated vehicles running around, some with expired dates, and some with no expiry date whatsoever.

why have these guys not got northumberland plates?

if they are appealing to keep there plates, who is dealing with them and when is there likely to be a verdict.

who are responsible for these berwick plates left now that berwick no longer exists?

are these the guys that David claims may live in berwick caravan park?

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The Judgement: Revisited

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

David Wilson: Setting The Record Straight

Whilst we all may have our views on David Wilson and the Berwick situation. We should be big enough to listen to him. He has become a figurehead along with Ian Shanks for everything Berwick. Ian has from time to time come on this site and explained his reasons for using Berwick plated cars and now this site affords David Wilson the same courtesy. Some will no doubt see this as an advert for his services but when people comment here about the man we have to let him reply…………

On the subject of effective enforcement by Newcastle City Council.

On the subject of effective enforcement by Newcastle City Council.
Firstly,can I just thank the members of the Forum for the work done so
far,and lets hope the apparent good relationship with the `council`
continues………….

Response to Outraged Taxi Drivers

Can anyone tell me who Alan Fidler is .And when he was voted in as secretary of the North Tyneside taxi organization & by what drivers. As I was always led to believe that when someone acts as secretary for a group of drivers as large as there is in North Tyneside……

Comment of The Week: Sacrifices

We’re in a climate of rebellion, people are rebelling against those who have taken so much, promised us everything and delivered nothing but further problems! Banks, private sector, businesses and governments, no one is safe…….

New council unlikely to renew Berwick licences held by outside cabbies

DOZENS of Berwick-registered taxi drivers are unlikely to get their licences renewed by the new unitary council.
The move is likely to affect taxi drivers from outside Berwick borough rather than those who ply their trade locally.

Parking Control?? Only For taxis?

What other City in the World would allow this?A Taxi is forced to sit at the rear of a Rank because private cars are parked on the rest of it. The silver truck was parked for 3 hours!

Stand United!

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Here’s the Comment of the week and it says it all:
I’m a Newcastle PH driver and the lack of rank space is also affecting me because we [...]

Parking Crackdown Begins:Newcastle-u-Tyne

there are something in the region of 86 Rank spaces for hackney carriages in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne and roughly 800 + Hackney Carriages. It doesn’t take an Oxford graduate to work out that some cars are not going to be able to get on a Rank.

Berwick Flimper Refused NT Badge!

A well know ex NT Hack,who sold up and went for a Berwick plate,was caught Flimping last summer bang to rights at the back of the Hack Rank in whitley Bay by two enforcement officers. After a few months,whilst he continued his flimping activity,he eventually appeared in court and was fined £500 but still kept his Berwick badge ………

Mystery Shoppers! Toon & Coast

Mystery shoppers were deployed over the Christmas period by both Newcastle & North Tyneside Councils.

Too many taxis in town, say cabbies

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TAXI drivers are calling on officials to limit the number of cabs in Stamford.
Drivers say they are losing money as there are too many taxis [...]

The Value of a Newcastle Hackney Licence

Many years ago a North Tyneside Councillor Stated that “The selling of Hackney Carriage Licences was an Abhorrent Practice” the Councillor I am referring to was unemployed but made a nice living from his Council expenses, I know this as I had a drink with him on more than one occasion and he was always very generous