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Wednesday 21 March 2012
Manchester Taxis rape figures, shocking.
Good news from London earlier this month. There records for rapes and sexual assaults were down around 20% on last year.
Not such good news for Manchester though.
GMP refused to answer the Freedom of Information request I asked for this year ( see www.whatdotheyknow.com)
I naturally appealed, I am glad to say that the appeal worked and today I share that request with you.
The news is not good though, although London is four times larger than Manchester Our rapes figures are now greater than thiers. Our figure last year was 98, this year it has increased to 109. This increase is slightly over 10%.
This would suggest we are the rape Capital of England.
Not such good news for Manchester though.
GMP refused to answer the Freedom of Information request I asked for this year ( see www.whatdotheyknow.com)
I naturally appealed, I am glad to say that the appeal worked and today I share that request with you.
The news is not good though, although London is four times larger than Manchester Our rapes figures are now greater than thiers. Our figure last year was 98, this year it has increased to 109. This increase is slightly over 10%.
This would suggest we are the rape Capital of England.
Rogue Taxis plague Manchester
We have all heard the stories of Rossendale Hacks and Staffordshire Hacks working as PH for Manchester operators.
Today within half an hour I was "gobsmacked" as they say. A Newport (south Wales) hack starts on Wythenshawe Cars tomorrow. Whilst still getting over the shock of that I came accross the following hack in Withington. This one is from Gedling, a small town just the other side of NOTTINGHAM, ffs, not as far as Newport, but Christ almighty what is going on.
We cant wait for the Law Commission to Act. Licensing is about public protection, how can you protect the public if you do not know anything about the Drivers working your streets.
No wonder Rape is the favourite pastime in Manchester, if this keeps up next years FOI numbers will be through the roof and it is all Manchester Licensings fault, no mistake.
Today within half an hour I was "gobsmacked" as they say. A Newport (south Wales) hack starts on Wythenshawe Cars tomorrow. Whilst still getting over the shock of that I came accross the following hack in Withington. This one is from Gedling, a small town just the other side of NOTTINGHAM, ffs, not as far as Newport, but Christ almighty what is going on.
We cant wait for the Law Commission to Act. Licensing is about public protection, how can you protect the public if you do not know anything about the Drivers working your streets.
No wonder Rape is the favourite pastime in Manchester, if this keeps up next years FOI numbers will be through the roof and it is all Manchester Licensings fault, no mistake.
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Be very grateful for your track!! Thank you Lord Fleet owners
Cabdriver charged with shooting co-workers
Men had lined up to lease taxis at Chicago Carriage Cab Co. in Bronzeville when tussle began
After a tussle between cabdrivers over a position in the line to lease taxis for the night, one driver pulled a 9 mm pistol and shot two of his co-workers, prosecutors said.
Frederick Bailey, 63, fired a round through one man's arm and hit another man in the back Friday night at Chicago Carriage Cab Co. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, authorities said. Prosecutors said he told police he dumped the gun in Lake Michigan after the shooting and then turned himself in.
Bailey, of the 8700 block of South State Street, is charged with aggravated battery with a gun. On Sunday, Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. set his bond at $450,000.
Outside court, Preze Bailey said he couldn't believe his brother would have pulled the gun except in self-defense or under extreme provocation. Frederick Bailey carried the firearm because he often felt threatened while driving his cab, and he was once robbed by a passenger, his brother said.
"He had to have something on him out in those streets to protect himself," Preze Bailey said.
Frederick Bailey was queued up to lease a cab about 8:30 p.m. Friday when another driver, a 51-year-old man, cut in front of him at the taxi company in the 2600 block of South Wabash Avenue, Assistant State's Attorney Ericka Graunke said. Bailey punched the man, who he has known for several years, she said.
Another cabdriver tried to intervene, but Bailey pulled his pistol and shot the men, hitting the driver he'd been fighting in the back and the other cabbie, a 49-year-old man, in the arm, Graunke said. When he turned himself in shortly after the shooting, Bailey said he had intended to kill the man who cut in front of him, and he added that he would continue to try to kill him if freed from jail, she said.
Both men were treated and released from Stroger Hospital, according to a police report and hospital personnel.
Men had lined up to lease taxis at Chicago Carriage Cab Co. in Bronzeville when tussle began
After a tussle between cabdrivers over a position in the line to lease taxis for the night, one driver pulled a 9 mm pistol and shot two of his co-workers, prosecutors said.
Frederick Bailey, 63, fired a round through one man's arm and hit another man in the back Friday night at Chicago Carriage Cab Co. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, authorities said. Prosecutors said he told police he dumped the gun in Lake Michigan after the shooting and then turned himself in.
Bailey, of the 8700 block of South State Street, is charged with aggravated battery with a gun. On Sunday, Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. set his bond at $450,000.
Outside court, Preze Bailey said he couldn't believe his brother would have pulled the gun except in self-defense or under extreme provocation. Frederick Bailey carried the firearm because he often felt threatened while driving his cab, and he was once robbed by a passenger, his brother said.
"He had to have something on him out in those streets to protect himself," Preze Bailey said.
Frederick Bailey was queued up to lease a cab about 8:30 p.m. Friday when another driver, a 51-year-old man, cut in front of him at the taxi company in the 2600 block of South Wabash Avenue, Assistant State's Attorney Ericka Graunke said. Bailey punched the man, who he has known for several years, she said.
Another cabdriver tried to intervene, but Bailey pulled his pistol and shot the men, hitting the driver he'd been fighting in the back and the other cabbie, a 49-year-old man, in the arm, Graunke said. When he turned himself in shortly after the shooting, Bailey said he had intended to kill the man who cut in front of him, and he added that he would continue to try to kill him if freed from jail, she said.
Both men were treated and released from Stroger Hospital, according to a police report and hospital personnel.
Saturday 10 March 2012
Saturday 3 March 2012
Taxi Drivers to be DNA tested?
A leading Manchester trade rep is attemting to launch a new business idea that would see all taxi drivers DNA tested. Whatever for, and how this will work is unclear at this stage.
The business plan is vague at the moment, buy my guess is that it is deeply flawed and unlikely to suceed. But it begs the question as to why a so called trade representative is considering such a proposal.
Would it be another huge waste of time like the flawed NVQ scheme? If true, the motive can only be money, a trade "rep" attempting to profit from the drivers? Surely not!
Taxi drivers are amongst some of the most highly regulated people in the country if done properly by the licensing authorities, with enhanced CRB checks and the like. The last thing the trade needs now is to que up in Manchester for a mouth swab!!
The business plan is vague at the moment, buy my guess is that it is deeply flawed and unlikely to suceed. But it begs the question as to why a so called trade representative is considering such a proposal.
Would it be another huge waste of time like the flawed NVQ scheme? If true, the motive can only be money, a trade "rep" attempting to profit from the drivers? Surely not!
Taxi drivers are amongst some of the most highly regulated people in the country if done properly by the licensing authorities, with enhanced CRB checks and the like. The last thing the trade needs now is to que up in Manchester for a mouth swab!!
Stockport Council - NO NEW TAXI LICENSES
At Wednesday’s licensing meeting, the committee voted for no new taxi licences and another survey in 3 years time, Chris Gordon remarking how happy he was with the new spirit of understanding that exists between him and the trade.
So the trade can breathe a sigh of relief from the council, however, for paranoid ***** like myself, let's not forget the train thundering down the track, "The Law Commission"
I suspect Cllr Gordon knows full well the Govenment has not finished with the taxi trade and is quite content to sit back and await the outcome, over which, he has no control.
So the trade can breathe a sigh of relief from the council, however, for paranoid ***** like myself, let's not forget the train thundering down the track, "The Law Commission"
I suspect Cllr Gordon knows full well the Govenment has not finished with the taxi trade and is quite content to sit back and await the outcome, over which, he has no control.
Friday 2 March 2012
Fair Fuel UK Demonstration Wednesday 7th March 2012 @ 1pm
Wednesday 7th March 2012 @ 1pm
House of Commons
Diesel is the lifeblood of the Taxi trade and unlike the buses we receive no subsidy of any kind. It is becoming increasingly difficult for Taxi drivers to earn a decent living, and with the price of fuel reportedly set to rise to it's highest ever level the future looks bleak for the Licensed London Taxi trade.
The United Cabbies Group will be supporting this action and we ask you to join us.
Thank you UCG.
Read more: http://www.mrblackcab.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=everythinganything&action=display&thread=1301#ixzz1nwdLD0uV
Thursday 1 March 2012
Disgruntled taxi drivers in Wales
Disgruntled in Wales
“On September 30, 2010, less than 12 weeks before 25-year-old Miah, of Ninian Park Road, Cardiff, was arrested for his part in the London bomb plot, he was arrested by South Wales Police after trying to apply for a renewed taxi driver’s licence. That day, a man tried to renew a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence in the name of Isaac Ilyas at the Vale of Glamorgan’s Civic Offices in Barry. But the photo ID he offered as part of his application raised questions, show council reports.
The individual then said he was Ibraheem Umayr, who had adopted his brother’s identity to obtain a taxi licence. But then the Criminal Records Bureau told the council’s licensing officers his fingerprints would need to be compared with those held on the Police National Computer.
At this Mr Umayr abruptly withdrew his application and requested a refund. But suspicious officers then established that his true identity was Abdul Miah, and he was interviewed in a Cardiff custody suite. On December 20, Miah, who was being monitored under police bail for the fraud offence, was arrested in the Welsh capital with four other men – two of whom were later released without charge.
While being held on remand for terror charges last year, Miah appeared at Cardiff Magistrates Court via video link and was found guilty of fraud. He was given a conditional discharge for 12 months in relation to fraud.”
The paper then went on to point out how cab drivers have access to all manner of places, just a matter of showing a cab badge and driving a cab will allow cab drivers into power stations, transport interchanges and all sorts of places terrorists would seemingly just love to go and party. I know terrorists are very probably stupid, but the thought occurs if they want access to these places, they won’t actually bother trying to obtain a taxi or private hire license to do so.
Cabbie beaten for stealing goat
Cabbie beaten for stealing goat
A goat yesterday
Cornell Francis, 28, of Fort William, Westmoreland, was convicted in the Whithorn Resident Magistrate’s Court, Westmoreland.
Barrington Holmes, a farmer, and owner of the goat, testified last week that on October 20, last year, while he was at Roaring River, Westmoreland, he received information which led him to go on a search for his 33 goats.
broken horn
He ended up at a river where he saw his black goat in the trunk of a motor car. He said he identified the goat by a broken horn. He said the goat was involved in a fight two months before he was stolen, and that was how his horn was broken.
Holmes said residents had stopped Francis when they saw the goat in the trunk of the motor car.
Constable Darroe Rowe said when he arrived on the scene, the accused Francis had several injuries all over his body.
Francis, in his defence, denied stealing the goat. He told the court that he had gone to the river to wash his motor car.
After Francis was found guilty, attorney-at-Law Michael Erskine begged Resident Magistrate Sheron Barnes not to send him to prison. Erskine said Francis had no previous conviction and had already been punished by the mob who attacked and injured him.
RM Barnes, in passing sentence ,said although she abhorred stealing, especially from hard working farmers, she would exercise some leniency and impose a fine.
Farmer Holmes informed the court that following a court order, the police returned the goat to him. He said the goat was consumed over the Christmas holidays last year.
source: http://jamaica-star.com/
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