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Teenagers Jodie Crowell and Kayleigh Jade Reed were left frightened and shaking when a man tried to lure them into his car.Jodie was still upset half an hour later when she spoke to her dad Peter on the phone.

Police say a tanned, well-dressed man in his 40s approached the girls on the A4136 in Mitcheldean just before 3pm on Tuesday.

He stopped his silver Ford Mondeo next to the Cinderford girls then drove off towards Longhope when another driver pulled up behind to see what was going on.

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More than 40 officers from Gloucestershire Police have held a massive sting operation in central Gloucester today (Operation Brogue), targeting illegal motorists and known criminals.
Using hi-Tec vehicle number plate recognition cameras (ANPR), in real time, uninsured drivers are spotted, pulled over by the police, their details double checked and arrested all in the space of a couple of minutes. To really spoil the uninsured drivers day, their car is confiscated by the Police and could be crushed!

Gloucester Taxi drivers had a front row seat as Police pulled illegal car drivers into the City Railway Station forecourt to avoid unnecessary congestion on the city centres roads. One of the arrested drivers was a young women with a child in the car, she was stopped due to lack of driving licence and insurance – thats another one of the road!

Word on the street is that people think Gloucestershire Police are doing a cracking job today, getting illegal drivers off the roads in Gloucester. Top marks on a good days work by all officers and support workers involved today!

Gloucester Taxi would to like advice local Taxi Drivers, local Businesses, residents and Visitors alike that forged £20 notes have hit the streets of Gloucester!

The problem was highlighted today by The HSBC Bank in Gloucester when a local Taxi driver banked his takings, only to have a number of £20 notes retained by one of the new automated cash deposit machines at The Gloucester Cross Branch of HSBC. Staff at the bank confirmed the machine was correct and the notes were forgeries!

Be on your guard and double check that all the notes you handle are original, as you will get no refund !
More advice can be found here

It was reported on TV Today that fuel prices could rise to a record £1.50 per/l by summer 2008.

This could cause misery across the country as the price of everything will be forced to rise. Almost everything we depend on is related to the price of fuel, if it is delivered by lorry, the increase in the costs of delivery will be passed onto the consumer! –Be sure the nations energy suppliers will take full advantage, the cost of gas and electricity will be sure to take another big price hike!

The cost to Gloucester Taxi Drivers will also be huge if the price rise prediction goes ahead, many local drivers already spend between 5 and 10k a year to keep their Taxi in fuel, a near on 50% rise in fuel costs would need to see a sharp rise in the tariff charged to the customer, just to keep the local Taxi services viable.

Will it be less than five percent for 2007, thats the question!
In the 2006 Festive Drink Drive Crackdown by Gloucestershire Police, over 3200 motorists were breathalysed in Gloucestershire, with about 5% failing the test and being charged.

The 2007 Drink Drive Crackdown is due to finish on the 2nd of January 2008, whilst in the first week of this Crackdown, 578 drivers had been tested with 23 failing the test. Gloucester Taxi will publish the results as soon they are available, hopefully the figure will be lower than the 2006 figures.

If you are going drinking at any time of the year, please feel free to leave your car at home, store some Gloucester Taxi Phone Numbers in your mobile phone, call on us to be the driver – and enjoy yourself !

Gloucester Taxi 01452 341-341

Andy Cars 01452 523-000

Assosiated 01452 311-700

Gloucester Taxi would like to wish all of our customers a very Happy New Year, as well as thankyou for your custom in 2007.

New Government legislation is set to put a huge demand on Gloucester Taxi Services from January 2008.

This will soon be noticed by the general public who try to book a Taxi, particularly in rush hour times on school days. We predict it will get increasingly difficult to book a Taxi between the hours of 7.30 – 9.00am and 2.30 – 4.00pm through out Gloucestershire, as more and more drivers will accept the guaranteed security and income that a School run offers the self employed Taxi driver.

From January 2008, new government legislation will stop unlicensed vehicles from carrying out school runs for Gloucestershire County Council directly, or through sub-contractors. Starting on the 1^st January 2008, all vehicles contracted to take children to or from schools will have to be a fully licensed vehicle (Taxi, Private Hire or PSV Vehicle) which can only be driven by fully licensed Taxi, Private Hire or PSV drivers.

It was going to happen sooner rather than later! The first Gloucester Taxi Drivers to be caught smoking whilst driving their cabs. Gloucester City Council has issued fines to 3 Taxi drivers who were caught smoking in their cabs. Smoking is now illegal at any time in a licensed Taxi or Private hire vehicle- for both passengers and the drivers. Even if the driver is not working, they may no longer smoke in their taxi! The three Gloucester taxi drivers in question will have the option of a fixed penalty of £50, or going to court and risking a fine of £200! But looking at the issue from a customers point of view, why would they want to pay to travel in a Smokey, smelly taxi these days!