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Response to Outraged Taxi Drivers

by Site Admin. on April 18, 2009

Can anyone tell me who Alan Fidler is ? This site asked the Question "Who is Alan Fidler ?" and quite rightly said most Hackney Carriage Drivers/Proprietors...

Taxi drivers outraged over new policy Published Date: 16 April 2009 By DAVID SEDGWICK Source: http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/latest-news/Taxi-drivers-outraged-over-new.5175475.jp TAXI...

North Tyneside Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Licensing Forum The first meeting of the newly formed North Tyneside Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Licensing forum...

Pause for Thought By Dave Walls Over the last few weeks, we have since the "Chocolate Liqueur Driver" incident, the trade, both "Hail...

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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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New council unlikely to renew Berwick licences held by outside cabbies

by News admin on March 25, 2009

in Berwick plates

Comment of The Week I thought it best to clear a few things up from what I've been told by both Newcastle Council and Northumberland...

Berwick Plates! Ad Infinitum The Berwick ' Thing ' is not over! in fact the only 'over' we can speak of is 'Done Over' People...

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...

Judge rules over rival taxi row A judge has told Berwick Council to rethink its policy on taxi licences after Tyneside cabbies protested...

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Parking Control?? Only For taxis?

by Site Admin. on March 7, 2009

in Images,Taxi News

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

Update:Taxi Driver’s outrage at Council Comments Leader of Newcastle City Council, Councillor John Shipley, OBE has agreed to meet with a delegation...

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

PROPOSED TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER / PARKING ZONE ADVISORY PANEL HEARING RE PROPOSED TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER (PROPOSED CITY CENTRE CONTROLLED PARKING...

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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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NT Licensing Doing a Good Job!

by News admin on February 7, 2009

in Taxi News

North Tyneside Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Licensing Forum The first meeting of the newly formed North Tyneside Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Licensing forum...

Another Berwick Driver Nabbed! A Berwick driver sitting on a North Tyneside Rank,at the Anson Station road Wallsend, was recently approached...

Doing The Job of Taxi Enforcement! Contibuted By: Hackney Carriage Driver I took the trouble of driving around the town last night with...

Unmet Demand Survey: North Tyneside As most of the Hacks on North Tyneside may know, There has recently been an unmet demand survey here...

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Parking Crackdown Begins:Newcastle-u-Tyne

by News admin on February 7, 2009

in Featured,Taxi News

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

Update:Taxi Driver’s outrage at Council Comments Leader of Newcastle City Council, Councillor John Shipley, OBE has agreed to meet with a delegation...

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...

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Rank injustice has cab drivers fuming

by News admin on January 28, 2009

in Taxi News,Taxi Stories

Cambridge Taxis Call For Cap on Numbers For anyone anxiously waiting at a taxi rank for a cab to come along, the issue of regulating the number...

Too many taxis in town, say cabbies TAXI drivers are calling on officials to limit the number of cabs in Stamford. Drivers say they are...

Liverpool Council brakes put on wheelchair taxi plan Source: Liverpool Echo PLANS to license a new wheelchair friendlier taxi in Liverpool have stalled...

Council chiefs let rape suspect cabbie run school taxi contract for 18 months AFTER being warned by police Source: Scottish Daily Record Jun 30 2010 By Chris Musson EDUCATION chiefs allowed a career criminal...

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Taxi deregulation brings only regret

by Site Admin. on January 28, 2009

in Deregulation

Comment of The Week: Ireland Deregulation in Ireland is a complete disaster for evrybody. Now because taxis are stuck in taxi traffic...

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

Fare Play Required in Cab Wars An interesting insight on the subject of Taxi Deregulation. Published C.2005 Geoff Riley (Eton College)...

Taxi deregulation favorable or unfavorable historically? Source: Internet TAXICAB DEREGULATION By: Kristina Sadlak, Legislative Fellow You...

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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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Spineless Hacks: or so it’s been said.

by Site Admin. on January 13, 2009

in Featured,Posts Contributions

Send in Your own Posts This site is available for Taxi Drivers to submit their own stories. Submit anything you want to say...

TooManyTaxis,Not enough Good Taxi Drivers! I have been a Taxi Driver for nearly 27 years and one thing I have noticed is that with the increasing...

Pile ‘o’ Poop It seems wires are getting crossed here! we just got a rambling comment from a Cramlington Hack,Northumberland...

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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Taxi driver admits refusing to take disabled woman

by Admin on January 7, 2009

in Featured,Taxi News

Passenger enticed minicab driver into back seat of cab, court told Source: Telegraph & Argus A taxi driver accused of raping a young mother in the back of his cab...

Police ‘put half-naked rape victim in minicab and made her pay fare home’ Source: Mail Online Police allegedly marched a rape victim who had been found crying in the street...

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

Clitheroe taxi driver arrested over alleged sexual assaults Source: Clitheroe Telegraph A CLITHEROE taxi driver has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault...

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Here’s a Thought!

by Admin on January 6, 2009

in Featured,Taxi News

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

Zoning Policy:Follow up! Thank you for all the support being given by the NORTH TYNESIDE HACKNEY CARRIAGE TRADE in relation to...

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...

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

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More than 100 criminals given taxi licences

by Site Admin. on December 31, 2008

in Featured,Taxi News

Drug dealers and sex offenders , criminals given taxi driver licences Source: MailOnline Criminals with convictions for offences including indecent assault and drug dealing...

Newcastle Council take six taxi drivers off city roads Source: Evening Chronicle SIX taxi drivers have been suspended amid concerns about the risk they pose...

Ex-officer has the knowledge for cabbies David Wilsons' New Incarnation Source: NEBusiness.co.uk Aug 8 2009 by Chris Knox, The Journal A...

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