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Doing The Job of Taxi Enforcement!

by Contributor on April 7, 2010

Message From The Newcastle Hackney Forum @ Hackney Carriage Driver/Saint Germain (we are already informed that you are the same person! Perhaps...

Cross-legged cabbies face loo ban A Darlington taxi driver says he is prepared to go to jail rather than accept a 160-year-old law banning...

Too Many Taxis in Crawley Source: Crawley News CABBIES have begged town hall bosses to deal with the “huge over-supply”...

Scarborough Taxi Enforcement I'm a Hackney Carriage driver in Scarborough and on Friday night, 24 July 2009, I was a approached by...

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Private hire driver fined £2,500

by News admin on December 21, 2009

in Violations

NorthTyne Private Hire Driver Uninsured! A North TynesidePrivate Hire Driver from Whitley Bay has been banned from driving for nine months. The...

Private Hire Driver Fined-Peterborough A PRIVATE hire cab driver has been fined for illegally picking up passengers in the street, but allowed...

Taxi driver fined for flouting cab driving rules A Poulton taxi driver has been fined £460 for operating without an appropriate licence and insurance. It...

BBC girl: Don’t send me an Asian cabbie A BBC presenter has been fired for telling a taxi firm not to send an Asian driver to pick up her daughter. Sam...

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Cabbie caught in crackdown on illegal fares

by News admin on November 16, 2009

in Violations

Taxi driver left beaten in road Source: Sunderland Echo By Jane O'Neill A taxi driver was beaten unconscious and left lying in...

Taxi-flat-fare-sounds-fair By Jane O'Neill Cut-price taxi journeys are on the cards thanks to a new recession-busting offer. Cab...

Southampton cab driver to make huge profit on taxi licence Source: Daily Echo By Matt Smith » THE Daily Echo can today reveal the full scale of the city...

Crackdown on taxi firm gangsters Source: BBC News A crackdown on gangsters muscling in on the taxi trade has been announced by...

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North Tyneside Council swoop on illegal pick-ups

by News admin on November 4, 2009

in Licensing,Violations

Private Hire Driver Fined-Peterborough A PRIVATE hire cab driver has been fined for illegally picking up passengers in the street, but allowed...

Private Hire Driver Had no Insurance A Private Hire driver made over 86 journeys carrying passengers whilst having no valid insurance cover. The...

Private hire driver fined £2,500 Source: Asian News A Private hire driver who tried to pick up revellers following one of this summer’s...

Mystery Shoppers at The Coast Two Private Hire drivers have been fined in separate hearings by North Shields Magistrates. In February...

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The Dangers of Hailing a Private Hire Car

by News admin on March 30, 2009

in Featured,Taxi News

Comment of The Week: A Convert. This Comment Posted by: Young Hack was written in response to the Following article: Locality Tests!?!...

Taxi Marshalls The use of Taxi Marshalls in Birmingham has been a resounding success for the Public & the Hackney...

Taxi warning after sexual assault Police are warning of the dangers of unlicensed taxis after a woman was sexually assaulted in Oxfordshire...

Rogue Cabbies…Death Traps….. Here goes the Evening Chronicle again, a splendid bit of journalism. In this present economic climate...

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Update:Taxi Driver’s outrage at Council Comments

by News admin on February 24, 2009

in Taxi News

Taxi Delegation Meets with City Leader The promised meeting,with Lib.Dem. Leader of Newcastle-u-Tyne Council,took place today. The Delegation...

Taxi Drivers Outrage at Council Comments! On Thursday 29th January 2009 at an Enforcement Meeting at the Civic Centre between Peter Wightman, Group...

CITY OF NEWCASTLE LICENSED HACKNEY CARRIAGES – KEY ISSUES REPORT The Forum of Hackney Carriage Trade representatives met with the Leader of the Council; John Shipley...

Newport council to contest £550,000 legal bill Source: South Wales Argus NEWPORT council is facing a £550,000 legal bill after it lost a judicial...

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Berwick Flimper Refused NT Badge!

by News admin on January 22, 2009

in Berwick plates

The real culprit with regard to Berwick plates The real culprit with regard to Berwick plates is North Tyneside Council and their obstinate dictatorial...

Comment of The Week: A Convert. This Comment Posted by: Young Hack was written in response to the Following article: Locality Tests!?!...

Mystery Shoppers! Toon & Coast Mystery shoppers were deployed over the Christmas period by both Newcastle & North Tyneside Councils. I...

Comment of The Week:A BlueLine Drivers Viewpoint. Great forum lads and lasses , Let me give you a point of view from a hack who has jumped on to the berwick band...

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Mystery Shoppers! Toon & Coast

by Admin on January 15, 2009

in Featured,Taxi News

Mystery Shoppers at The Coast Two Private Hire drivers have been fined in separate hearings by North Shields Magistrates. In February...

North Tyneside Licensing Forum 2nd Meet. The second meeting of the North Tyneside Hackney carriage & Private Hire Licensing forum took place...

Northumberland Taxi Consultation This Berwick thing just won't go away. We have had a Court case, Council meetings, meetings between neighbouring...

Wires Cut at Two Big Taxi Firms. Wires were cut at two large Taxi offices in North Tyneside over the Christmas period. Yet another sign...

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Taxi Ripoffs!

by Site Admin. on December 28, 2008

in Featured

Four Cures For Rip-off Britain With the government keen to keep the electorate happy, these four clean-ups would be a good start... ...

Scumbag Hacks!??!! Long,Long ago in 1985 the now owner of the very successful East Coast Taxis drove a Private Hire car...

Spineless Hacks: or so it’s been said. There are Hack drivers I work with who are whispering to each other that this site does nothing, that...

Ultimate Leisure suspends trading in shares TRADING in shares in the business behind many of the North East's best known pubs and clubs has been...

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Comment of The Week:A BlueLine Drivers Viewpoint.

by News admin on October 6, 2008

in Berwick plates,Comment of The Week

The real culprit with regard to Berwick plates The real culprit with regard to Berwick plates is North Tyneside Council and their obstinate dictatorial...

Stick Together! The following was a comment from John Dodds and in my view never a truer word was spoken. Unfortunately,this...

Go Now! I make no secret about the fact that I am no fan of the Out of Town Hacks,the trade is disseminated enough...

A Drivers Viewpoint on The Judgement! if admin is willing to publish this post, here are some highlights that matter from my point of view,...

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Out of area Hackney carriages: By I.S.

by I.S on August 22, 2008

in Featured,Taxi Stories

Out of area Hackney carriages: By I.S.(Revisited) The Following was Written by Ian Shanks prior to the recent Court ruling. As people are still talking...

Newcastle Reply To Parking Policy Objections The following letter was received by Mr.Ian Shanks,who has kindly given his permission to publish it...

Facts Not Fiction The Following is a comment by 'The Keeper' I thought it should have a more prominent position on this...

Objection! Newcastle City Council Copy of Ian Shanks objection to Newcastle City Council: Wether this objection is in favour of Hackney...

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DFDS Terminal: Misinformation

by News admin on August 2, 2008

in Featured,Taxi News

DFDS Revisited: A Modern Saga Certain Private Hire operators who now hold the franchise at the Scandinavian Ferry terminal in North...

Passenger must contact council THE licensing division of Newcastle City Council is eager to hear from DK, of Ponteland, and anybody...

Newcastle Airport to close free drop-off area Newcastle Airport will close the free-drop off area outside its terminal building, it has been reported. According...

Comments System We have improved our commenting system as the threads were getting all mixed up and people found theirselves...

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This is How They Do it In New York City:

by northtynehack on July 3, 2008

in Featured,Taxi News,Violations

Cabbie caught in crackdown on illegal fares Source: Sunderland Echo By Jane O'Neill An illegal fare ended up costing cabbie Colin Burnett hundreds...

Leeds taxi licensing boss suspended Source: Yorkshire Evening Post Des Broster, who heads up Leeds City Council’s taxi licensing section,...

Revealed: Dublin has the same number of taxis as NY THE same number of taxis operate in Dublin as in New York — but with only a fraction of the population...

Flimping in The BIG APPLE! It seems other Cities in the world have problems with enforcement too! The following is a Comment...

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