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Hero cabbie honoured for saving pregnant woman and baby from burning car
A Watford cabbie who pulled a pregnant woman and baby from a burning car wreck has been honoured with a bravery award for his heroic actions, reports the Watford Observer.Azhar Shah witnessed the...
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TfL Finally Launch Consultation On Private Hire Vehicles.
Transport for LondonLondon Taxi and Private HirePrivate Hire Vehicles – have your sayHelp us to shape the future of the private hire industry in London by having your say in our comprehensive...
View ArticleTFL Consultation, & The Lollipop Trick. By Semtex.
Folks, as we have seen, Transport For London have initiated a public consultation, to apparently cast a net of concern and wider opinion, on how the mini cab trade should be managed.Although I have...
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Update On Uber's Hacked London Customer Accounts
On Friday, The news broke that fully functioning Uber accounts were for sale on the dark web. Today, it appears that some people have fallen victim to fraudulent trips being made with their login...
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TfL's Chaotic Mismanagement Is Threatening The Ability Of Taxi Drivers,To...
Driver Renewal ChaosIn January 2014, Taxi Leaks received news that many drivers were being refused the right to earn a living, after transport commissioner Sir Peter Hendy took it upon himself to...
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Letter To Editor : TfL's Response To Future Proof Report ?
Hello Jim Have I missed this? I have not seen anything regarding the response from tfl to the report. I have emailed ltda, lcdc, Caroline Pidgeon and tfl consultation but only reply so far from...
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Project Kipper...Padington, Enough's Enough!
It's clearly marked, but never enforced.No left or right turns into Paddington Station, except for Taxis. Yet when did you ever see a car or a minicab get a ticket for failing to observe a road...
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TfL's Chaotic Mismanagement Is Threatening The Ability Of Taxi Drivers,To...
Open letter to Sir Peter Hendy TfL.In 2009, even though a number of examiners were appalled, a convicted killer was allowed by TfL to sit Knowledge of London exams, despite claims he was a danger to...
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Beware of False Messiahs....by I'm Spartacus.
During this religious season, it's time to reflect on the current crucifixion of the cab trade by TfL and if and how we can resurrect it.We have had in previous years the infamous 'Last Supper'where...
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Battle Lines Drawn, New York's Yellow Cabs Fight Back
Sukhdev Singh has been driving a yellow cab for five years now. An immigrant from India, Singh moved to New Jersey when he was 12-years-old. He now owns a cab and a medallion which he bought along with...
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Uber Holland, Office Raided Second Time, This Time By Armed Police,Staff...
An Uber employee has been arrested for allegedly obstructing a police raid in Amsterdam in the Netherlands on Thursday.The taxi-booking app is illegal in Euro nation – but the company behind the...
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Street Fire At Holborn Update Sunday 5th April.
We’re continuing to work with emergency responders and utilities to enable businesses to reopen now the Holborn fire has been extinguished.The following phases of work will begin on Easter Sunday.Phase...
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Uber Say They Haven't Been Hacked : So Why Are All These People SayingTheir...
A few days ago, Darren Burn made a rather concerning discovery about his Uber account.Wait, looks like my @Uber_LDN account has been hacked? Fake email and not my mobile in my app. Wtf?— dazburn...
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Criminal record checks BANNED on foreign asylum seeking murderers andrapists...
What the papers are saying: Mail and Express.Criminal record checks are BANNED on foreign murderers and rapists who want to be minicab drivers if they have applied for asylum or refugees statusAsylum...
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Overseas And Asylum Seekers Criminal History Checks, From TfL StaffManual.
You've read the press articles.You've read the politician statementsSeen the Taxi a driver commentsNow read the whole thing direct from the TfL Staff Manual: 3.3.10 Overseas criminal history checksAny...
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Claire's Story Update : It Just Gets Even More Unbelievable
Just received this update from Claire who is unable to work, 5 weeks now after her bill run out, still waiting for DBS to clear. Claire is currently living on a state hand out of just £72 a week.Hi...
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What happened to Boris''tax avoidance crackdown' at TfL?
When Boris Johnson ran for mayor he told the BBC he wanted "a crackdown on tax dodgers and tax avoiders of all kinds".The comment was a deliberate reference to his then-opponent Ken Livingstone's use...
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Anthea Turner's Twitter Account Hacked:
Yesterday morning, Anthea Turner like many Uber London customers, woke up to find that her rider account had been accessed illegally, by a third party who had been using her account over the bank...
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SACK BORIS : A Sack Boris campaign is being launched.
The Mayor of London is Chair of Transport for London.All of the improper decisions and strategies in relation to the London Taxi trade are ultimately made by Boris Johnson.He has implemented an...
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80 New Enforcement Officers : But don't celebrate till you read thepost.
Just when you thought it couldn't be any crazier, just when you thought things might take a turn for the better...TfL show their true colours.In response to the GLA report, which found TfL/TPH woefully...
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