Courtesy: BBC NEWS A bus service which operates four times a day to Cardiff Airport is to be scaled back. Cardiff Bus is dropping the Sunday X91 service from next month as part of the company’s review of its timetables. Opposition parties said transport links to the struggling airport should be improved, not cut, and it was “terrible news” for surrounding ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS An 18-year-old man has been arrested in hospital by police investigating the attempted hijackings of a bus and a taxi on the outskirts of west Belfast. A bus driver and a taxi driver both told police that group of three to four youths tried to hijack their vehicles in Dunmurry on Thursday night. Police said it is understood ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS Some taxi drivers are striking over a “lack of spaces” for them near Birmingham’s New Street station. As part of the £600m station revamp, the taxi rank has been temporarily moved to Navigation Street, which drivers said had spaces for 11 cabs. Some drivers went on strike on Monday after drivers were fined for obstructing the highway. They ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS About 200 public hire taxi drivers have taken part in a protest in Belfast over major change to how services operate. From September private-hire taxis will no longer have to be pre-booked and, like public-hire black cabs, will be allowed to pick passengers up off the street. There was minor disruption around City Hall on Tuesday morning. The ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS Three people have been taken to hospital after a crash involving a bus and a taxi in Port Talbot. The taxi driver and two passengers suffered neck and head injuries but those injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. South Wales Police were called to the accident on Western Avenue in the town shortly after 09:00 BST. Fire ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS Taxi drivers have postponed strike action over a “lack of spaces” for them near Birmingham’s New Street station. As part of the £600m station revamp, the taxi rank has been temporarily moved to Navigation Street, which drivers said had spaces for 11 cabs. Some drivers went on strike for four hours on Monday, but have postponed further action ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS A female car driver has died following a collision with a stationary articulated lorry on the A90 between Aberdeen and Dundee. Emergency services were called to the scene, south of Stracathro, just after 05:00. The woman, believed to be in her early 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. The southbound carriageway is thought likely to remain closed ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS An ambulance service criticised for not meeting response targets is putting patients at risk by using under-qualified staff, the BBC has been told. Two medical staff claim the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s (EEAST) employment of non-NHS staff on some shifts is “dangerous to patients”. Neil Storey, EEAST emergency operations director, admitted some private staff were ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS Four police cars and several other vehicles have been damaged after a van failed to stop for police in Sussex. Officers had been alerted to the grey transit van being driven erratically in North Street, Brighton, at about 15:45 BST on Sunday. During a police pursuit it was involved in a number of “damage only” collisions with police ... Read More »
Courtesy: BBC NEWS A Somerset taxi firm is threatening legal action against the local council over its use of volunteer drivers which it says is doing it out of business. CJW Taxis in Glastonbury says some drivers working on behalf of Somerset County Council should be licensed. The government says volunteers can receive 45p a mile in expenses up to 10,000 ... Read More »
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