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One person a day has been killed or injured in incidents involvingLondon...
Transport for London's figures show, one person a day has been killed or seriously injured in incidents involving London buses in the past five years They were released to Greater London Authority...
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Westminster council to refund 5,000 parking tickets over ‘confusing’signs
More than 5,000 motorists will be refunded parking fines worth £278,000 after Westminster council admitted some of their street signs were ‘confusing’.It led to motorists parking in bays meant for...
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Bus driver arrested after two elderly men killed by double decker inWestern...
Police are appealing for information after the men, believed to be in their 60s, were hit in Western Road, Romford.They died at the scene.The driver of the 252 double decker bus has been arrested on...
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Over the Weekend, Swallow Street Bus Lane Kept Clear By NSL TrafficWardens....
Friday night, one of the three minicab controllers, the one who normally stands in Regent Street and try's to tout passers by, kick off alarming as Wardens from both NSL and Westminster Parking...
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A man was today fighting for life in hospital after being dragged 100yards by...
Witnesses today described how the 27-year-old victim was left with serious head injuries after losing his grip when the black Vauxhall Zafira sped off along Essex Road, in Islington.He was seen leaning...
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Road charity Brake in call to ban car hands-free phones
Use of hands-free phones should be banned from vehicles as well as hand-held ones, road safety campaigners say.The charity Brake also called for the penalty for calling or texting behind the wheel to...
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Male cyclist in his 60s dies in crash with lorry at Camberwell Road
Another cyclist was killed on London’s roads today, the sixth to die in the past 13 days.The man, who was in his early 60s, was killed in a collision with a lorry on Camberwell Road just after...
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TfL Bid To Make Profit From Taxi Drivers: New Handheld Devices To IssueFixed...
Coming to a rank near you, TfL's new mobile cash cowsCompliance officers are to be issued with new handheld devices.Handhelds will be capable of scanning barcodes printed on the new licences, which...
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Taxi drivers’ emotional farewell to cancer victim Dave
NEARLY 30 taxis joined a funeral procession to give a popular cabbie a proper send-off.Dave Tenant, 63, who was based at the rank at Benflett station, died after a six- month battle with cancer.His...
View ArticleMan, 27, dies after being dragged 100 yards down Essex Road by Minicab.
A man has died after being dragged 100 yards down a north London street by a car he was clinging on to, Scotland Yard has confirmed.Police said they believed the 27-year-old had been leaning through...
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The Chinese are coming: Was LTC Only Saved To Use As Distribution ForGeely Cars?
The London Taxi Company has been ferrying the city's passengers around for more than 60 years, ensuring its brand is recognised the world over.But the famous company no longer has a monopoly on the...
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Nine Elms, Cycling City, Within A City: Consultation.
Over the coming decade, Nine Elms on the South Bank will transform into a new neighbourhood of central London. At the same time, cycling mode share is expected to increase, with many more journeys in...
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Addison Lee Driver Filmed Smoking Crack Cocaine
A minicab driver from Addison Lee, was secretly filmed inhaling crack cocaine as pedestrians passed by only inches away. A shocked witness watched as he pulled kitchen foil from the boot, sprinkled on...
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Willy Wonka And The Swallow Street Golden Ticket.
Saturday night was a complete nightmare in London's WestEnd, most of which became a car park for most of the night. Stuff happens!This, hopefully was a one off, something that we can't avoid.But in...
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Brighton and Hove taxi driver jailed for speed camera lies
A Brighton and Hove taxi driver has been jailed for lying about who was driving his car when it was seen speeding.Samih Salib, 34, of Linthouse Close, Peacehaven, was licensed as a taxi driver by...
View ArticleAppeal to trace man after Luton taxi driver dragged along the A40 at aHanger...
Traffic officers investigating a fail to stop collision on the A40 near Hanger Lane that seriously injured another driver are releasing images of the car whose driver they are trying to trace, and are...
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Cyclists caught jumping red lights in London taxi drivers' hiddencamera footage
Cyclists were filmed jumping red lights by hidden cameras set up by London black cab drivers.Their footage shows 194 out of 364 riders went through stop signals during the rush hour — just over...
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BBC paid 'twice as much' for 350,000 journeys using minicabs instead ofa Taxis.
The good old days when the BBC used a majority of licensed TaxisThe BBC has spent licence fee-payers' money on 350,000 minicab journeys in the last year, as it is accused of paying up to double the...
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Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe suggests cab drivers could help police ensurethat the...
London cabbies urged to act as 'police officers'. Are they sure?We've been reporting crimes in the form of touting and illegal plying for hire, taking place on virtually every street in central London,...
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