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Cabs must fit £2,300 filters 2007-09-30 14:50:53 A High Court judge has rejected calls by a 900-strong group of taxi drivers for a judicial review of a decision by London Mayor Ken Livingstone to force them to fit exhaust filters that they claim do not work for city driving. (...)
Manganese hails success of new cab 2007-09-26 16:03:55 Manganese Bronze said its new model London taxi had boosted sales by 39 per cent since it was introduced last October, as the group on Wednesday reported a 10 per cent rise in full-year pre-tax profits to £4m. (...)
Fare play 2007-09-21 11:18:28 In May, gig promoters Hidden Fruit hailed a London taxi, bundled singer-songwriter Johnny Flynn into it and filmed him playing a song as they cruised around town. (...)
O2 taxis offer free calls 2007-09-20 12:58:55 Taxi passengers are to receive free calls
to all UK national and mobile numbers in O2 branded cabs across London and Birmingham on the back of a new deal between the mobile phone brand and TaxiMedia. (...) Read more:taxis
Cabbie wins over royal favour 2007-08-08 15:14:39 An ex-cabby who has had the likes of Ingrid Bergman and Dusty Springfield on his back seat has published a book about drivers who navigated London's roads throughout the Blitz. (...) Read more:Cabbie
Beefeater Gin advertising on London taxis 2008-03-12 13:07:32 Beefeater Gin, the only major gin brand still distilled in London, has developed a 15-strong fleet of the capital's black cabs liveried in its “Forever London” consumer advertising theme. (...) Read more:taxis
Coleman fails to curb taxi spending 2008-03-11 16:28:53 Barnet and Camden Assembly Member Brian Coleman
has been labelled a "hypocrite" after running up a further £4,157 in cab bills over the last nine months. (...)
New London Taxi Introduced 2008-03-11 15:48:57 London taxis are becoming environmentally friendly. The traditional London black taxi is made by Manganese Bronze. The company has launched the new TX4 model. (...)
Victory for disabled taxi riders 2008-03-14 16:28:21 Donna Martyn's struggle to have accessible cab service for wheelchair and scooter users finally becomes a reality
Susan Ruttan, The Edmonton Journal
Published: 2:30 am
When Donna Martyn called a cab this week to take her to a funeral, it showed up before she was ready. (...) Read more:Victory
Two taxis robbed by six males at the same time 2008-03-14 16:15:37 London police are looking for six male suspects after two London taxi cabs taken to the same location and robbed
, early Friday morning (March 14). (...) Read more:taxis
Youngest cabbie waiting for fare 2008-03-17 15:39:37 Putney's Casey MacLaren is looking forward to more than just presents and cards when he turns 21 at the end of the month - London's youngest ever taxi driver will get his first fare too. (...)
'Taxi poles' launched in West End 2008-03-17 15:36:10 New "taxi poles", which aim to make hailing a black cab easier, have been unveiled in London's West End. (...)
Taxi driver sprayed and robbed 2008-03-17 15:22:35 Police are investigating after a taxi driver was sprayed with an an incapacitant spray and robbed
in a late-night attack in Northampton. (...)
One more arrested in grants probe 2008-03-19 16:53:11
LONDON:
A friend and business associate of former mayoral aide Lee Jasper was arrested
yesterday in the Scotland Yard fraud probe into City Hall grants
. (...)
Taxi driver charged with sex attacks 2008-03-20 15:13:30 Police tonight charged a taxi driver over a series of incidents where women were drugged and sexually attacked. (...) Read more:attacks
London taxis go state-of-the-art 2008-03-20 15:12:54 London's black taxis
are to pioneer a state-of-the-art television system.
In-cab screens will allow passengers to watch programmes, news headlines and sports results during journeys. (...)
Taxi drivers' brains 'grow' on the job 2008-03-20 15:09:29 Cab drivers' grey matter enlarges and adapts to help them store a detailed mental map of the city, according to research. (...)
Rocking while they roll in the Black Cab Sessions 2008-03-25 14:43:06 LONDON (Reuters) - It's a rainy Friday afternoon stuck in traffic with the windshield wipers slapping back and forth, and Barry Hyde, lead singer of the British rock group The Futureheads, grins as he tears through the band's latest hit. (...) Read more:Black
, Sessions
Cabbies, start your engines 2008-03-28 15:26:13 Cabbies will battle it out this weekend for the prestigious title of Taxi Driver of the Year 2008. (...) Read more:engines
Cab driver calls in Raleigh fare, then vanishes 2008-03-26 15:59:24 Friday just after midnight, cab driver William James Simon reportedly told his boss he had picked up a passenger and was headed to Raleigh.
Nobody has heard from Simon since then. (...) Read more:calls
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