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13 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Travelling to Edinburgh by Rail

If you’re travelling in and out of Edinburgh by rail then the two main stations are Edinburgh Waverly and Edinburgh Haymarket. To make your journey as smooth as possible, here’s a quick guide to making that connecting journey between your home/ hotel and the station.
Edinburgh Waverley
This station is conveniently located in the centre of the [...]

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11 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Running Costs Force East Dunbartonshire Taxi Drivers to Increase Fares

East Dunbartonshire taxi drivers are claiming that higher running costs are the underlying reason for demanding higher fares for journeys.
The East Dunbartonshire Taxi Owners Association wants fares to be increased by 6.5 percent. This means that a three mile journey would cost £5.61 rather than the previous £5.25.
Fares are set by the local council, and [...]

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09 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Cabbies Appeal for Fewer MoTs

There has been a request made for the 400 taxis in Calderdale to undergo fewer MoTs. This is in spite of the passing rate of just one in three vehicles among first-time test takers.
Back in 1990, regular testing of once every four months was introduced; today, operators are suggesting that the rules should be [...]

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09 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Screenwriter Charged with Assault

A cyclist who is claiming that he was strangled until he was unconscious by a taxi cab driver after getting in a road crash on Oxford Street is appealing to any witnesses who have seen the incident in order to clear his name.
39-year-old Jared Kelly, a screenwriter, said that he has been a whirlwind [...]

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09 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Taxi Driver Kissed an 18-year-old Girl to ‘Comfort Her’

A 34-year-old taxi cab driver who has been accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old girl in the back of his car burst into tears, saying that he was only trying to comfort the girl after he snubbed her advances.
Ali Hassan, a private hire taxi driver from Bertrand Road in Bolton explained to the Bolton [...]

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09 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Taxi Driver Spared Jail after Killing Teenager with Careless Driving

A 61-year-old taxi driver who had been convicted of killing a teenager because of his careless driving was spared jail.
18-year-old Aaron Todd suffered from fatal head injuries when taxi driver Paul Stephenson accelerated away from the curb on the 29th of March in 2009.
Todd was an apprentice joiner and a popular and talented [...]

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09 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Cyclist Killed by Liverpool Taxi Crash

A 41-year-old man, locally known as David, was killed by a taxi collision as he was cycling along Liverpool Road in Huyton on May 29. The cyclist was heading towards Liverpool near Liverpool Road’s junction with Kingsway when he was thrown off his bike after colliding with a hackney cab that Saturday morning. The cab [...]

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08 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Cabbies Prevent Anti-Social Behaviour

Undercover taxi cabs have been dispersed in the streets of Burnley to deal with the anti-social activities against the members of the public transport network.
A number of officers across town have started working with the company Lancashire’s Safer Travel Unit to create a vehicle which has been modified to appear like a taxi, complete [...]

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08 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Taxi Dispute Ended with Damages Worth £500

The dispute between the owner of a cab firm and his former drivers ended in a violent row, according to Bristol magistrates.
Dhramdeep Tailor, the owner of Yellow Cabs, was reportedly confronted by four cab drivers who have worked for him in the past, causing about £500 worth of damages to a door.
Prosecutor Christopher [...]

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08 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

The Capture of Illegal British Taxi Drivers

Undercover inspectors continue to crack down on the dozens of British cab drivers who have been working illegally in the Costa Brava area and undercutting the income of Spanish cab drivers
Apparently, the British drivers are charging up to 30 percent less than the Spanish drivers are to take tourists during the holiday season to [...]

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