Manchester City Council call emergency meeting with Uber
Council leaders have accused the US tech firm of ‘undermining licensing standards’ and flooding the city centre with inadequate drivers licensed by neighbouring local authorities.
‘You saved her life’: Mum’s praise as Man Uni student left for dead in taxi hit-and-run
A Masters student is in critical condition after being left for dead by a hit-and-run black cab driver in the early hours of the morning last weekend.
All aboard as Uber puts on free rides to exclusive SECRET intimate Manchester gig
Manchester gig-goers are in for a treat tonight with taxi app Uber giving music aficionados the chance to see an intimate secret gig somewhere in the city.
That’ll cover the fare! Jail for drug dealer caught with £6m heroin in taxi to Manchester
A drug dealer, who was caught smuggling £6.5million of heroin in the back of a taxi on a journey to Manchester, has been jailed for 11 years.
White drivers on demand? Rochdale taxi boss compares race to ‘picking brand of Cola’
Steve Campbell, who runs Car 2000 boss Stephen Campbell in Heywood, said his firm meets requests from the public to provide ‘local’ or Asian drivers
Salford Isis hostage Alan Henning ‘pleads for his life’ in chilling audio recording sent to wife
The family of Salford hostage Alan Henning have a received an audio recording from him in which he is ‘pleading for his life’.
‘See it in your hearts’: Wife of Salford hostage Alan Henning pleads with Isis captors for his release
The wife of Salford hostage Alan Henning has pleaded to Isis for the release of her ‘peaceful and selfless’ husband.
Thugs attack Harpurhey taxi driver ‘like wild animals’ – all to rob him of just £30
A taxi driver was left with a broken jaw after he was brutally attacked and robbed by two men for just £30 in Harpurhey last month.
Toddler, 2, fights for her life after being hit by taxi in south Manchester
Emergency services were called to Crossacres, Sharston, today around 12.15pm today, following reports that a silver Ford Focus estate had collided with a toddler
VIDEO: Horrific moment Manchester reveller smashed over head with CONCRETE SLAB in Gay Village attack
A reveller who was smashed over the head with a piece of concrete in an unprovoked assault in Manchester city centre has been urged to come forward by police.
Taxi and minicab law changes could threaten passenger safety, warns Denton MP
The proposed reforms will enable people without a minicab license to drive one when it is ‘off duty’, end annual license checks and allow minicab operators to subcontract bookings to firms in other areas