Tag: taxi

Council chiefs under fire over £500,000 taxi perk

Scottish News

Peter Laing - January 6, 2011

COUNCIL chiefs have been condemned for planning to spend more than half a million pounds on taxi trips while slashing services elsewhere. Edinburgh Council is...

Teenager knocked down by taxi on New Year

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - January 2, 2011

AN 18-year-old was taken to hospital after being struck by a taxi not long after the clock struck 12 on Hogmanay. The man was knocked...

Former professional ice hockey player punched cab window

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - November 5, 2010

A FORMER professional ice hockey player has been ordered to pay compensation to a taxi driver whose window he punched. Ryan Ford - who used...

Council blunder leaves cabbie details on show

Deadline News Journalist - September 9, 2010

By Cara Sulieman PERSONAL details and criminal convictions of taxi drivers have been published on the internet after a blunder by a Scots council. The information...