More than 40 cars have been removed from the forecourt of Tiger Motors, in Cole Avenue, Gloucester, and the office has closed.

Last night a chauffeur who bought a car for his private taxi firm spoke of his outrage at the closure.

Robert Sutton, who runs Brockworth Cars & Brockworth Chauffeur Services, purchased the Audi A6 on Friday.

He paid £13,000 for the second hand motor in a part exchange for his Audi TT and said he was upset to learn it had closed suddenly.

The 54-year-old, of Moorfield Road, said: “I was panicking. I thought what the hell’s going on? They were there one minute and gone the next. I think it’s shoddy the way they’ve dealt with us. If they had told me on Friday they were about to close down it would have set off alarm bells but at least it would be clear.”

Robert paid £1,000 in cash, had already paid £500 as a deposit and paid the rest on his credit card.

The deal had been completed by 4.30pm on Friday. He has since checked his bank account and the money has been paid.

But when Robert’s fiancee Diane drove past the centre the next day, the premises had shut down.

He is now worried about the 12-month warranty he paid for.

Robert claims he was also told the car had 12 months MOT and was fully serviced, but says he has just discovered the car is due to be serviced in nine days time, costing more than £400.

He said: “It doesn’t sound like much but these extra costs are all adding up.”

Robert was due to go back to the forecourt on Monday to purchase some new car mats and have the car deep cleaned.

He had complained to staff at the car firm on Friday that the car had not been cleaned to the standard he expected.

He said: “The seats were a bit of a state. The previous owner had a dog, there were hairs on the back seat and lip-stick marks on the head lining, they told me it would be cleaned properly so it was like new.”

Robert and Diane have contacted the police and trading standards for advice.

A Gloucestershire police spokesman said: “The incident was reported on Saturday at 7pm. We received reports from someone who had bought a vehicle from the company and the next day it had closed. We advised her to talk to trading standards however we have kept a record of it.”

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Suggested changes include a basic test in numeracy and literacy for new drivers with additional requirements for drivers from abroad.

Views are also being sought on whether private hire vehicles should have roof lights and new rules covering “stretched limousines” are planned.

Any comments should be submitted to the city council by Thursday.

Councillor Andrew Gravells, from Gloucester City Council, said: “This is really a matter of public safety and common sense.

“It makes sense for there to be consistency across the county.

“That will make things simpler and clearer for the travelling public.

“At the end of the day it is their safety which is of paramount importance.”

The city council will discuss the matter on 24 November.

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Furrukh Jamil, a married university graduate, wrote the letters after he fell out with the friend and wanted to get him into trouble with the police.

Teresa Perry, prosecuting at Stroud Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, November 3 explained that staff at the police HQ in Waterwells, Quedgeley and those at Barton Street police station in Gloucester each received the bomb hoax letters on September 17.

The matter was referred to special branch police who worked extra time over a weekend to discover the letters were fake.

After visiting the man implicated in the letters they were led to Jamil, a taxi driver, who lives in Russell Street, Gloucester.

They also found that his finger prints matched those on the letters.

Defending, Robert Welch said: “Jamil and his former friend met at university.

“Jamil lent him some money but they fell out after he failed to pay it back.

“After some unpleasant confrontations Jamil was at his wits end.

“He stupidly wrote these letters in the hope that his friend would get into trouble with the police.

“He has no previous convictions and was an exemplary member of society before this incident.”

Jamil, who has a child due in April, was given four months in prison for each of the bomb hoax letters. The sentences will run consecutively.

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Wayne and Janeen McCormick were on board the 15ft cabin cruiser on the River Avon at Eckington, near Tewkesbury, when it burst into flames.

Their children, who were on the bank at the time, had to run for their lives but escaped unhurt.

Wayne’s head was singed and Janeen’s eyebrow and hair was burnt in the blaze.

Wayne, 41, of Dimore Close, said: “We were so lucky our children were outside, if anybody had been in the cabin they would have been blown to pieces.
“Just a minute before the children were in there, we were just so incredibly lucky.
“Me, my wife, two kids and my mum just went for an ordinary day out. The boat has been moored at Eckington for a few years and we got to the boat and the kids went down into the cabin.

“I asked them to get off the boat on to the decking so we could get ready to go and I started revving the engine and then there was just this almighty explosion.”

When the fire broke out, at about 2pm on Sunday, Wayne’s mum Wendy was with their daughter Kier , nine and son Luka , eight, on the side.

Wayne, a taxi driver in Gloucester, and his wife,37, were stranded on the boat.

He said: “The boat is fibreglass so it was not flickering flames or anything, it just went.

“I was on the other side to the engine when it exploded. It blew me across the boat and my wife was on the back and it took her about three or four foot in the air and the boat collapsed back on her.

“We didn’t really know what was happening, it happened so quickly.”

Wayne leapt to the bank with his hair on fire, shouting to his children to get away while Janeen also had to jump to safety.

It was thought a fuel line fault caused a petrol leak, fumes built up and ignited when the engine started.

“Apparently people about quarter of a mile away heard the explosion,” he said.

“People were shouting to me to get off the boat and turn off the gas. I just didn’t know what was happening I just shouted and kept repeating myself.

“My wife lost an eyebrow and some hair and my head was completely singed, there was a terrible smell.

“Because I was in it I didn’t know what it looked like but apparently flames just came out of everywhere.”

The family drove to Tewkesbury Hospital to get checked over but none was found to have received serious injuries.

Wayne thanked other boat owners and passers-by for helping them.

“Everyone came to help. They wrapped us in towels and were pouring water over us to help,” he said.

“Everybody that helped was amazing, I couldn’t have expected more from my own family.

“They have now become some of the most amazing friends to us, they did everything they could.”

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The owner of Liquid Diva club on Eastgate Street wants longer hours to stagger the times revellers leave.

It wants to open until 4am on Wednesday and Friday nights, and until 6am on Saturday night.

The new hours will be trialled for a six-week period if they are granted an extended hours licence by Gloucester City Council.

A spokeswoman for owner Luminar Leisure said: “Working in partnership with the local police, Liquid Gloucester has applied for a 24-hour licence to help with dispersals in the area and alleviate the pressure placed upon the police with late night venue closing at the same time.
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“The proposed changes include staying open until 4am on Wednesday and Friday nights, and hosting an after show party on Saturday nights and staying open until 5-6am.

“A six-week trial, fully supported by the police, will commence upon the licence being granted.”

A Gloucestershire police spokeswoman said: “It is anticipated that the change to Liquid’s opening hours will help to alleviate the problems that can arise when everyone leaves the clubs and bars at the same time and large numbers congregate in the streets and at taxi ranks. A taxi marshalling scheme has also recently been introduced outside Liquid nightclub on a trial basis to move people away from the city centre quickly to ensure the safety of those on a night out and reduce anti-social behaviour.”

Keith Reynolds is the head of Gloucester’s Licensed Victuallers Association, the organisation representing pub and nightclub license holders in the city.

He said the move to open later was just another example of the changing face of the country’s pub and nightclub industry.

He said: “This is just another knock-on effect of the changes in opening hours.

“With later opening, people have started coming out later and drinking at home first. Therefore, pubs and clubs are being forced to open later to retain their trade levels.

“We are seeing people having to rethink their business strategy once again.”

Justin Hopwood, licensee at Butler’s on Eastgate Street, said he did not think the extended hours would be a problem for other licensed premises in the area.

He said: “I can’t really see any problem with this, and good luck to them.

“However, I’m not sure how many people will want to stay out that long really. It has always seemed to me that the street sees a lot of people milling around before going home between 2am and 3am, I can’t see anyone wanting to stay out until 6am.”

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Gloucestershire firm Clean Fuel Systems secured £150,000 of funding to develop further their clean-engine project. The Birmingham office of RBS provided the company with the loan under the Government’s Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme, to allow the company to take forward the project, initially with taxi drivers to help them meet greener regulations for their taxi fleets.

The Cheltenham-based company is led by chairman Steven Mills and the business bought the technology to convert diesel engines to LPG in 2006. Since that purchase, the company has invested in further modification and upgrade of this technology whilst researching the taxi market with a view to converting cab engines from diesel to LPG,, not only to meet new emission regulations but also to provide savings in fuel and operating costs.

The funding will be used to build the firm’s engine inventory. The company works on conversion projects with a number of cab operators, to minimise the time a fleet is out of circulation. Currently, Clean Fuel Systems is concentrating on the black cabs, either Fairway or TX1 models, but the company said its technology could also be used in the light commercial vehicle market.

Clean Fuel Systems are also in negotiations with a national fuel supplier with a view to increasing their LPG supply through a small number of “LPG bunker sites” throughout the United Kingdom. Steven Mills, chairman of CFS, said: “We sense a real opportunity here. Regulations mean that taxi operators have to address the issues of emissions in their vehicle fleets and the potential is huge. The additional funding raised provides us the platform to develop a quantity of engines to market aggressively. Our negotiations with a fuel supplier are another exciting development and evidence of the investment we have made in this technology.”

Louise Armstrong, commercial banking manager at RBS Birmingham, added: “The development on this scale is a big step forward for a company of Clean Fuel Systems’ size. They are a good example of the entrepreneurial spirit that still exists despite the tough economic conditions that small businesses are facing.”

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