Rape boxer posed as city cabbie
A SHEFFIELD boxer tipped as a promising prospect for a British title has been locked up for seven years for rape – after attacking his victim while posing as a city taxi driver.....
Friday, 22 October 2010
Monday, 18 October 2010
Taxi judgement Stockton on Tees BC
Taxi judgement Stockton on Tees BC
On 8th October the High Court handed down the judgment in the case of Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council v Fidler, Hussain & Zamanian [2010] EWHC 2430 (Admin).
This is a long and involved judgment but it confirms very clearly that once a vehicle has been licensed as a hackney carriage by either a district council in England and Wales or by Transport for London (the Public Carriage Office) it is a hackney carriage for the duration of that licence, wherever it is currently located, and can therefore be used for pre-booked purposes in any district in England and Wales ................Sunday, 17 October 2010
Saturday, 16 October 2010
'Unfair' rent rise prompts demo by Leeds PH drivers
'Unfair' rent rise prompts demo by Leeds PH drivers
Hundreds of Private Hire drivers from one of Leeds’ biggest private hire firms staged a mass demonstration in protest at a “unfair” rise in their base rent.
Drivers from Armley-based Amber cars, which has around 700 drivers, have been told by bosses their weekly rent will increase from £90 to £100 – a ten per cent rise…….
Hundreds of Private Hire drivers from one of Leeds’ biggest private hire firms staged a mass demonstration in protest at a “unfair” rise in their base rent.
Drivers from Armley-based Amber cars, which has around 700 drivers, have been told by bosses their weekly rent will increase from £90 to £100 – a ten per cent rise…….
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Taxi case 'prompts more women to report rapes'
Taxi case 'prompts more women to report rapes'
Public horror over taxi sex attacker John Worboys has prompted more women to come forward to report rape to police, detectives in London have said.
Greater numbers are also telling police they they may have been drugged and attacked, specialist officers at Scotland Yard said.
Speaking a year after the launch of a sex crime unit to reduce rape offences in London, Commander Simon Foy welcomed more women coming forward to report offences. He said increases in offences being reported did not mean rape attacks were on the increase.
When asked why more women were now coming forward………..
Public horror over taxi sex attacker John Worboys has prompted more women to come forward to report rape to police, detectives in London have said.
Greater numbers are also telling police they they may have been drugged and attacked, specialist officers at Scotland Yard said.
Speaking a year after the launch of a sex crime unit to reduce rape offences in London, Commander Simon Foy welcomed more women coming forward to report offences. He said increases in offences being reported did not mean rape attacks were on the increase.
When asked why more women were now coming forward………..
Google Car Rival: Self-driving Taxi with iPad
Google Car Rival: Self-driving Taxi with iPad
A few days ago we first learned of the Google Car, which is a vehicle that can drive by itself without input from a human driver. We know that there have been other programs going on, such as this self-driving taxi. See for yourself in the video.....
A few days ago we first learned of the Google Car, which is a vehicle that can drive by itself without input from a human driver. We know that there have been other programs going on, such as this self-driving taxi. See for yourself in the video.....
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
The Stig lands job at taxi firm
The Stig lands job at taxi firm
The man who played Top Gear driver The Stig has got a new job – at a taxi firm. Ben Collins – who now appears unmasked on rival show Fifth Gear – will help … …
The man who played Top Gear driver The Stig has got a new job – at a taxi firm. Ben Collins – who now appears unmasked on rival show Fifth Gear – will help … …
Arrests over Wokingham taxi driver shooting
Arrests over Wokingham taxi driver shooting
Four people have been arrested after a 40-year-old taxi driver was shot three times in a Berkshire suburb. The man was injured in The Delph, in Lower Earley … »
Four people have been arrested after a 40-year-old taxi driver was shot three times in a Berkshire suburb. The man was injured in The Delph, in Lower Earley … »
Mum assaulted by taxi driver
Mum assaulted by taxi driver
A MUM was dragged from a car by her hair and stamped on in a dispute with a taxi driver over a fare.
Aimee Todd was left with a broken foot and needing plastic surgery to a gaping wound.......
A MUM was dragged from a car by her hair and stamped on in a dispute with a taxi driver over a fare.
Aimee Todd was left with a broken foot and needing plastic surgery to a gaping wound.......
Friday, 8 October 2010
STOCKTON v. FIDLER,HUSSAIN & ZAMANIAN
STOCKTON v. FIDLER,HUSSAIN & ZAMANIAN
The Judgement in yet another case involving the out of town hackney carriage saga.
Before :
LORD JUSTICE MUNBY
MR JUSTICE LANGSTAFF
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Between :
STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL Appellant
- and -
(1) ALAN FIDLER(2) HABIB HUSSAIN
(3) GHOLAMREZA KESHAVARZ ZAMANIAN
The Judgement in yet another case involving the out of town hackney carriage saga.
Before :
LORD JUSTICE MUNBY
MR JUSTICE LANGSTAFF
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
Between :
STOCKTON-ON-TEES BOROUGH COUNCIL Appellant
- and -
(1) ALAN FIDLER(2) HABIB HUSSAIN
(3) GHOLAMREZA KESHAVARZ ZAMANIAN
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Middlesbrough trio jailed for taxi driver attack
Middlesbrough trio jailed for taxi driver attack
THREE young men who tried to rob a terrified taxi driver, putting him in fear of his own life, start prison sentences totalling 10 years today.
A routine tea-time pick-up turned into a nightmare for Khalil Mohammed, a cabbie with Boro Taxis for 10 years.
He was surrounded, told “Give us your money” and attacked by his violent passengers Nathan Saine, Jamie Saunders and Jamie Freer.
Prosecutor Alexander Menary told Teesside Crown Court: “He was in fear of his life.”
The assailants encircled their victim………
THREE young men who tried to rob a terrified taxi driver, putting him in fear of his own life, start prison sentences totalling 10 years today.
A routine tea-time pick-up turned into a nightmare for Khalil Mohammed, a cabbie with Boro Taxis for 10 years.
He was surrounded, told “Give us your money” and attacked by his violent passengers Nathan Saine, Jamie Saunders and Jamie Freer.
Prosecutor Alexander Menary told Teesside Crown Court: “He was in fear of his life.”
The assailants encircled their victim………
Woman's taxi driver ordeal at cashpoint
Woman's taxi driver ordeal at cashpoint
A WOMAN Taxi passenger was left terrified when a driver drove off with her in his car, as her partner nipped out to a cashpoint.
The woman had been waiting in the back of the black Fiat Doblo cab outside Tesco in Pontyclun while her partner got some money to pay the fare.
The driver then drove off before stopping about half a mile away in Heol Miskin, Pontyclun, where the woman managed to get out and flagged down a police car……..
A WOMAN Taxi passenger was left terrified when a driver drove off with her in his car, as her partner nipped out to a cashpoint.
The woman had been waiting in the back of the black Fiat Doblo cab outside Tesco in Pontyclun while her partner got some money to pay the fare.
The driver then drove off before stopping about half a mile away in Heol Miskin, Pontyclun, where the woman managed to get out and flagged down a police car……..
Friday, 1 October 2010
Minister probes foreign cabbie’s licence to get lost after being taken for a ride
Minister probes foreign cabbie’s licence to get lost after being taken for a ride
Taken for a ride: Transport Minister A Government Minister has launched an inquiry into the employment of foreign cab drivers after he was caught up in an outbreak of ‘taxi wars’…
Taken for a ride: Transport Minister A Government Minister has launched an inquiry into the employment of foreign cab drivers after he was caught up in an outbreak of ‘taxi wars’…
'Inexperienced' taxi driver heads wrong way down fast lane of M6
'Inexperienced' taxi driver heads wrong way down fast lane of M6
This is the shocking moment a taxi driver was captured on camera driving the wrong way up a motorway.
Cars were forced to swerve out of the way as.......
This is the shocking moment a taxi driver was captured on camera driving the wrong way up a motorway.
Cars were forced to swerve out of the way as.......
Bradford taxi drivers fearful of attacks
Bradford taxi drivers fearful of attacks
“I was sat in the front of my cab and the couple behind started attacking me. The man was punching and the woman got a knife out and cut my face. They robbed me of around £100. I was terrified”.
“I was sat in the front of my cab and the couple behind started attacking me. The man was punching and the woman got a knife out and cut my face. They robbed me of around £100. I was terrified”.
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