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Update: Minicab driver jailed for forcing pregnant woman to miscarriage.
A man who forced a pregnant woman into having a miscarriage by administering medication against her will has been jailed for six years.Ahmed Raofi, 27, of Whitchurch Avenue, Edgware, was sentenced at...
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Three seriously hurt as Boris bus on wrong route causes pile-up on first day...
Three people were left seriously hurt in hospital today after one of Boris Johnson’s new Route Master buses smashed into a queue of traffic while going the wrong way.The £354,000 number 11 bus, which...
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Statistics, Lies and Propaganda.....Part 2. Commissioner's Report To The...
Carrying on from yesterday's post, we now turn to the commissioner's report (Sir Peter Hendy) to the board of TfL.This report which will be published on Wednesday the 25th September and talks about an...
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Court Reduces Sentence Of Sex Offender Live On TV.
Mashain Pitchei, 45, of Rosebery Way in Tring, jailed for sexual assaultA man who pretended to be a taxi driver and sexually assaulted a young woman who got into his carhas won a reduction in his jail...
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Appeals Court OKs NYC Test of "E-Hailing" Taxi Cabs
New York City's experiment with taxi-hailing smartphone apps got a green light Tuesday from an appeals court.The state Supreme Court's Appellate Division said the city can continue a yearlong test of...
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Cab drivers share experiences from Logan (Ohio) and London
A pair of local taxi drivers met with a cabbie from another continent this week at the Columbus Washboard Company to talk about their industry.Columbus Washboard Company Factory Manager James Martin’s...
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London Taxis Voted Best In The World 6th Year Running.
TORONTO, Nov. 5, 2013 /CNW/ - London taxis have been voted the best taxis in the world for the sixth year in a row, according to the annual global taxi survey from Hotels.com®. London secured 22 per...
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Latest On a the Law Commission.
Activity in the house of Commons..Taxis: 4 Nov 2013 : Column 48WDame Angela Watkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the proposal by the Law Commission to...
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Another cyclist killed on Mile End Road cycle superhighway CS2.
A cyclist has died after a collision with a tipper lorry in east London on a cycle superhighway.The Metropolitan Police confirmed they were called to CS2 on Mile End Road at 16:38 GMT and a man had...
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London Taxi Drivers To Offer Free Service a To Veterans On RemembranceSunday.
United Cabbies Group is honoured to announce that they will be organising a free taxi service for veterans on Remembrance Sunday, 10th November 2013.This will be the fourth year this service has been...
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Dress code crackdown means taxi drivers can't wear Rugby shirts.
Taxi drivers in Sir Peter Hendy's home town of Bath, face having to adhere to a stricter dress code, with sports shirts - including Bath Rugby ones - banned.Bath and North East Somerset Council is...
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Driverless cars to be introduced in Milton Keynes
Driverless cars will be tested for the first time in a UK town after £1.5m was made available from the government.Twenty driver-operated vehicles will be running by 2015, but it is hoped 100 fully...
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Nissan Shows Latest Version Of NV200 with New Smart Hybrid Engine AndAuto...
Making its debut in Dubai, was the Nissan Smart Hybrid Taxi, based on the Nissan NV200 van. The Japanese manufacturer hopes this model will attract the RTA and taxi companies here for their...
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Lest We Forget.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young.Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,They fell with their faces to the foe.They shall...
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War Veteran's Funeral Appeal Goes Viral
Harold Percival, a 99 year old veteran from Bomber Command, who was part of the team that supported the Damnbusters raid in WW11, passed away a single man with no close family or friends and was set to...
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E7, A Taxi For Boris: Iconic Taxi's, Are Their Days Numbered?
In a small upstairs office of a building on a sprawling industrial estate in the north of Glasgow, Paul Nelson is contemplating battle with the Mayor of London. Nelson is managing director of Allied...
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Want to be a London Taxi Driver? Don't want to do the Knowledge?... ByJim Thomas
Again we see another All London Green Badge for sale on EBay.With the proliferation of older vehicles currently available after the introduction of the Mayor's age limit on Taxis, for just a few...
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Lytham salutes the almost-forgotten soldier
As millions marked Armistice Day across the world, members of the public, old soldiers and serving servicemen and women stood in silence for the arrival of Harold Percival's funeral cortege at the...
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Sundays Free Shuttle Service, For Veterans And Their Families.
Reading the TFL website, one would believe that the free Taxis supplied for veterans and their families was their doing. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. A couple of years ago, TfL...
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TfL Article in Badge
TfL on a collision course with London Cab Drivers.Is the LCDC now demanding that all meetings with TfL are formally minuted and a matter of public record?Bob Oddy is the deputy Gen. Sec. of the LTDA,...
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