Filming for the much-anticipated action movie was recently halted due to 12 people on set reportedly testing positive for COVID-19. And Hayley Atwell was back in action as she filmed a daring stunt alongside star Tom Cruise as production continued on Mission Impossible 7 in Venice on Friday. The actress, 38, was seen leaping across … Read more
The trade body which represents taxi drivers is calling for urgent financial support for London’s black cab industry as it struggles to survive the pandemic. The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association says that since June this year, 156 black cabs a week have been lost from the fleet on average – a total of 3,500. By … Read more
Revealed: Asylum seekers’ taxi rides to hotels and detention centres are costing the taxpayer millions Asylum seekers are being driven in taxis from airports to hotels or interviews Clearsprings Ready Homes is awarded £1.1billion Home Office contract over 10 years The private company houses migrants in south of England and Wales It has paid one … Read more
A taxi driver was caught on camera mounting the pavement at speed to help a demonstrator flee riot police during mass street protests on the streets of Belarus. The unrest intensified last night after President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in for a sixth consecutive term in an unannounced inauguration despite allegations of vote rigging. The footage, … Read more
Former MP Sir Hugo Swire – husband of Tory diarist – is accused of ‘lewd behaviour in a taxi’ with health minister Nadine Dorries Friends said the ex-minister asked her to ‘slip her hand inside his coat’ in a cab He’s said to have bragged she will ‘never have felt anything like’ mink material Sources … Read more
This is the shocking moment an angry taxi driver threw his passenger to the ground by speeding away as he climbed out of the cab after a row over face masks. Jay Henry, who lives in Hackney, east London, had ordered a Bolt taxi to drive him to his mother’s house in Stanford Hill, north London, at … Read more
Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc said it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides in the United States last year, in a report aimed at ensuring drivers and the public it was serious about safety. The figure – which averages eight a day – represents a 16 per cent … Read more
Ex-policeman, 39, who quit the force after abducting schoolgirl, 15, and her friend wins battle to become a taxi driver 13 years after conviction Imran Ali resigned after luring the girls into his vehicle in Manchester in 2006 He applied for a private hire licence earlier this year but saw it turned down Magistrates yesterday … Read more
A cab driver’s heartwarming words about the magic of New York City have gone viral after her commented on Jerry Seinfeld’s op-ed defending the city against claims that it’s ‘dead.’ Earlier this month, NYC comedy club owner James Altucher wrote a viral LinkedIn newsletter complaining that the city that never sleeps is ‘completely dead’ due to the pandemic … Read more
Designs for an all-electric ‘flying taxi’ that will be able to carry up to four passengers from London to Brighton in just 30 minutes have been unveiled by a British firm. The zero-emission flyer — the ‘VA-1X’ — will use Formula 1 tech to reach top cruising speeds of around 150 miles per hour and a maximum … Read more