A private hire driver was banned from driving after illegally plying for fares in Birmingham and driving without insurance for the fourth time. Anilkumar Shah, aged 55, of Water Reed Grove, Walsall, picked up two passengers at Birmingham New Street Station on December 3 unaware they were council officers. The private hire driver, who was [...]
A Private Hire driver is to appear at court charged with causing the death of an elderly man by dangerous driving. Andrew Bates, of Warwick Orchard Close, Honicknowle, was formally charged with the offence yesterday and is set to face magistrates next month. The private hire cab driver was at the wheel of a silver, [...]
Retrial for East Lancashire private hire driver over indecent assault claims A private hire driver accused of indecently assaulting two female passengers is to face a retrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Younis Hussain Zaman, 32, of Higher Antley Street, Accrington, stood trial at Preston Crown Court after denying two charges of [...]
Senior councillors have backed calls for a hackney carriage taxi rank at Leeds Bradford International Airport. Executive board members said that provision should be made for a hackney carriage stand at Whitehouse Lane - despite objections by the airport. Council leader Keith Wakefield heard that in 2008 the airport’s operators signed an exclusivity agreement with [...]
LICENSING chiefs have warned illegal drivers they are risking prosecution after an unauthorised cabbie was left with almost £400 to pay in court penalties. Taxi driver Henry George Dickman, 57, was seen picking up passengers from outside Alcote House, in Shotton Colliery, despite his vehicle not having a hackney carriage licence or being a private [...]
A FORMER private hire driver has been told he is ‘not a fit or proper person’ to hold a licence after failing to notify the authorities of several motoring convictions. Burton Magistrates’ CourtAsmin Ashfaq, of Derby Street, Burton, appeared at Burton Magistrates’ Court to appeal against a decision by East Staffordshire Borough Council to revoke [...]
ELDERLY and vulnerable people will not be badly affected by taxis hiking their prices in Rochford district, according to the man who proposed the changes. Peter Richmond, director of Hockley-based Alpine Taxis, believes the decision to charge an extra 20p for a two-mile trip, rising to an extra £1.20 for five miles, is fair. The [...]
IT was like something out of Wacky Races. Horns beeped and engines roared as up to 70 taxi cabs and private hire vehicles circled Southampton’s Civic Centre in protest for more than half an hour. Yesterday’s demonstration was organised after the city council vowed to appeal a legal challenge where a judge ruled in favour [...]
PARENTS looking to book a limo or other transport for school proms are being advised to ensure the vehicles, drivers and operators are properly licensed. Towards the end of the summer term many primary and secondary school pupils will be planning to celebrate with an annual ‘prom’ or leavers’ celebration. But local authority licensing teams [...]
THREE taxi drivers have lost their driving licences for seven days for illegal parking and obstructing the roads. At a licensing hearing this week hackney carriage driver Keith Brown attended the committee and fellow driver Shazad Ramzan, sent his apologies. At an earlier hearing taxi driver Dariush Zarezadeh appeared. A council report alleged that Mr [...]
