London’s long retreat from its Big Smoke epithet moved a step further yesterday, as Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse unveiled a hydrogen-powered taxi. On the streets, the green machine releases nothing more noisome than water vapour, running off a tank of hydrogen coupled to a fuel …
Christ, this one’s grim. A black cab driver apparently killed himself via the novel expedient of a motorised noose in Southwark today. The unnamed cabbie, believed to be in his thirties, tied one end of a rope around his neck and the other around a …
Camber’s Well has been re-discovered. An 83 year old woman is being questioned in connection with the find of a dead body in her freezer. Minor crimes could soon be dealt with in virtual courts. Looks like London brewing is making a come back. KFC …
While not normally the shy and retiring types, London’s cab drivers tend to maintain a fairly low profile on matters to do with their trade, keeping things in-house. But on Thursday this week, a ‘drive-in’ protest will take place in Trafalgar Square . Organised by …
Could this be central London’s longest taxi rank? The chain of cabs starting between Kings Cross and St Pancras stretched almost a kilometre at lunchtime today. The queue extended beyond the designated rank on Pancras Road, turned East along Goods Way towards the new Guardian …
An electronic iconic TX4 cab has been on the environmentally concerned cards for a few months but now Chinese car maker, Geely Automobile, who are part owners of our own impressive sounding hometown manufacturers, Manganese Bronze, are pushing ahead with research on converting existing diesel …
Boris has clearly been caught short of a few bob on the long, late night cab ride home. Today, he announced a trial period allowing cab drivers to stop on red routes, in the wee hours, to enable their fares to visit the ATM and …
Sheltered, London 2008 There have been shootings in New Cross and Peckham this afternoon. Two men are seriously injured. It’s not just youths who are dangerous with knives, a pensioner has been sectioned after attacking an 11 year old girl in Feltham with a bladed …
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