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. Octogenarian Bill Eales felt many of the capital’s cabbies …

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Chair of the London Taxi Board (LTB), Brian Rice, recently met with MP for Ilford North, Lee Scott to discuss the growing concerns that the …

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A TAXI company based in Tufnell Park has launched an initiative which will see its 3000 strong fleet of cars go green. The Radio Taxis Group cars will use a biofuel that will reduce carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions. …

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A senior government minister has sparked fury among taxi drivers by branding them “low-skilled”. The extraordinary comment, described as “a crass insult”, was made by Immigration Minister Liam Byrne in a letter to MPs. …

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My neighbor owns a storage facility and ended up owning a London Taxi (approx a 1976 model) after it sat in one of his units for ten years without the rent being paid. He doesn’t want it and has been talking with me about taking it off …

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Longtime Buzz reader Cooper Smith drops this 411 to us about about one chic ride for sale on craigslist.org right now. The car belongs to one of his associate’s grandmother — that’s her in the front seat. She bought the London taxi …

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Radio Taxis Group Limited, the UK’s largest black cab operators, today took steps to cut carbon dioxide emissions across its 3000 strong black cab fleet. At the launch ceremony, in which four new specially branded “green” taxis were …

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A CABBIE has won an award for dressing his taxi as a fluffy pink rabbit. Steven Bell, 43, of Fairlight Avenue, Chingford, was presented with The Best Dressed Taxi Award for the third time by charity The London Taxi Drivers Fund for the …

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Passengers at Plymouth’s taxi ranks are shunning van and saloon taxis in favour of the iconic London black cab. Cabbie Tony McGill says people at taxi ranks often seek out the iconic vehicles, which are produced by LTI Vehicles in …

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The New Northern Ireland Assembly is examining a Taxi Bill that aims to establish a one-tier licensing system across the region. The Bill will merge Hackney Carriages with Private Hire Vehicles potentially destroying the livelihoods of …

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