WELCOMED DECISION: Taxi driver Paul Sondheim TAXI marshals are set to disappear from Bournemouth’s streets by Christmas, after plans to cover their cost by increasing cab fares were rejected. A lack of funding means the marshals will no longer be able to patrol the town’s busy Horseshoe Common rank, where they currently try and prevent [...]
Colin Bennett, of the Tendring District Taxi Association TAXIS in Tendring look set to be painted a uniform colour, despite opposition from drivers. Councillors voted on Tuesday to accept a range of proposals to improve the service in the district. Among the 14 points was a decision that all taxis will have a standard design [...]
A PRIVATE hire driver was caught with his face covered and found to have weapons in his car on one of the nights of the Birmingham riots. On a separate occasion, another private hire cabbie was alleged to have sexually assaulted a female passenger. Both men have had their private hire licences suspended until the [...]
A circuit court at Fiapre near Sunyani has remanded a 22 year-old taxi driver into Prison custody for stealing six live goats at Odumase in Sunyani West District. Kwasi Isaac pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing and will re-appear before the court on Nov 9, 2011. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mawuno Ngnebge [...]
CHERWELL District Council was at the High Court on Wednesday in its campaign to ensure a taxi driver is stripped of his licence after he admitted assaulting his wife. Father-of-three Naveed Anwar, 30, had been a cabbie for six years when, in March 2009, he pleaded guilty to attacking his wife, Samir, and was handed [...]
A TAXI driver who drove the wrong direction along a one-way street to pacify a raging commuter who was late for work has been fined for flouting the rules of the road. Zalal Abdul, 38, of Brookfield, Woking, was just five days into his new job behind the wheel when he caved into pressure from [...]
THURROCK Council has moved to quash fears that checks on taxi drivers have not been carried out properly for nine years. Thurrock Licensed Drivers Association wrote to the council last week expressing “grave concerns” about DVLA and Criminal Records Bureau checks on badge holders in the borough. The association said checks may not have been [...]
Councillors are demanding to know more after the estimated cost of a taxi rank at Leeds-Bradford Airport increased more than ten-fold to £905,000. Initial estimates for the scheme in Whitehouse Lane were about £80,000, with the taxi trade willing to contribute towards the cost. Acting on the instructions of senior councillors, council officials drew up [...]
METERS are set to be displayed in Fenland’s taxis from April next year after councillors today approved a new policy. Fenland District Council’s licensing committee ratified a revised Hackney Carriage and Private Hire policy during its meeting at Fenland Hall. The revised policy was drawn up following a 12-week consultation with taxi firms and drivers, [...]
Taxi driver attacked in bid to avoid fare A Milford Haven man, who smashed a taxi window and attacked the driver to dodge paying the fare, has been given 18 months of community work. Anthony Thomas, aged 22, of Great North Road, was arrested after smashing a taxi window and assaulting the driver to avoid [...]
