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Newcastle Taxi Robbery Update
A GANG who kidnapped a cabbie at gunpoint spoke in code, the Chronicle can reveal.
The three man gang used slang to plot their attack in the seconds leading up to the assault during which they threatened the taxi driver with a gun and slipped a noose around his neck………….
Taxi driver hurt in robbery
Three men who robbed a taxi driver are being sought by police on Tyneside.
They had been collected from outside Westbourne Club in Newcastle early on Saturday then driven a short distance to Byker Street in Walker………….
Teenager convicted of false sex assault claim
A TEENAGER collapsed in court as she was convicted of falsely accusing a taxi driver of sexually assaulting her.
Darras Hall estate shooting
Businessman Amjed Malik was shot in the leg by masked raiders while visiting a close friend on Middle Drive, on the Darras Hall estate, in Ponteland, Northumberland.
The married 31-year-old, who owns an Accident Claims Specialists franchise on Newcastle’s West Road, is recovering in hospital with serious leg injuries…………
Taxis cause Leeds city centre gridlock
Leeds city centre is being brought to a standstill by queuing taxis.
Every day scores of black and white Hackney carriages park up on key routes waiting for work. One queue often stretches along the Headrow causing chaos for buses.
Leeds City Council was forced to act after the problem became serious in Boar Lane near the train station. A ’snake’ of parked taxis waiting to pick up passengers………….
Wife killer to drive London Black Cabs
A paranoid schizophrenic who strangled his wife has been given permission to study as a London black cab driver. The move to allow the wife strangler to drive black cabs has angered other drives who say this will affect their integrity………….Two years for taxi thug: Campaigners delighted at sentence
CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed a two-year prison sentence for a thug who attacked and robbed a taxi driver.
Craig Watson, 25, of Waterhouse Street, Halifax, was jailed for brutally attacking the driver, leaving him needing three stitches around an eye, and stealing up to £150………..
Armed Fare Dodger Caught
A KNIFE-WIELDING fare dodger threatened to stab a taxi driver through the neck before running from his cab. Christopher Ord had planned to flee without paying from the moment he flagged down . . .
Where is Taxi Enforcement?
Concerning ranks on Collingwood St and Mosley St, I agree the provision of ranks would help the situation, considering the Council licensed both ‘Floritas’ and ‘Perdu’, anyone could be forgiven for thinking that parking for taxis would have been provided.There again, maybe the council in their infinite wisdom didn’t think transport was needed………….
Contributed By JD
Council Sting Ruins Drivers Reputation
Freeze Taxi fares!?!?
I’ve been reading a lot about ‘Fare increases’ in the Taxi world lately. Some people think that the answer to Credit Crunch, recession or whatever you want to call it is to raise prices. I think this is a mistake. Any short term gains through increasing fares are quickly evened out by lost custom.
Looking around the Country we, Taxi drivers, are sitting about doing nothing. Longer waiting times between fares & less people going out and using Taxis coupled with the high price of fuel has had a devastating effect on the Taxi trade. Another factor is the Government obsession with de-limitation of Taxis, every city and town across the country is under pressure to issue more and more licences. As more licences are issued then the work gets even thinner, standards drop,…………………..
Leeds Taxis: Year cut in car age limit
AN 11th hour U-turn by licencing bosses means the new age limit on Leeds taxis will drop to seven years rather than the expected six.
Hundreds of drivers packed into Leeds City Council’s main chamber yesterday to hear the controversial proposals debated.
After two hours of heated discussions, the panel voted by a majority to change the limit to seven from eight years.
Controversy has raged over the proposals which would have meant rigorous additional tests for cars over the new limit.
Many drivers said the policy would lead to additional costs, and said too many of the test criteria were unnecessary.
Cambridge Taxis Fare increase
Members of Cambridge City Council’s licensing committee agreed to raise the initial pick-up charge for passengers from £2.20 to £2.40.
Plans to increase the distance and time tariffs by 3.4 per cent were scrapped in light of the new levy, while a 40p pick-up charge increase was also rejected
A £3 surcharge for larger taxis carrying between five and eight people was also deferred for consideration next year.
The increased pick-up charge – or “drop price” – is a departure from the council’s previous policy of tracking the percentage increase agreed for London cabs, which was 3.4 per cent this year.
However, councillors estimated the increased pick-up fee was roughly the same as a 3.4 per cent increase on an average taxi ride……..
Cambridge Taxis Call For Cap on Numbers
Taxi Drivers believe that there are already too many Taxis on the streets of Cambridge – more than 1,000 taxis and private hire……….
Report calls for more taxis in Bath
An investigation on behalf of council officials has concluded that more licences should be issued in the city and that extra space should be found for taxis…………
NEWCASTLE PRIVATE HIRE DRIVERS ASSOCIATION