IN THE NEWS
LONG DISTANCE RUNNER FROM WALES HAS TO PAY UP
A woman took a taxi ride 660 miles from Wales to Scotland and back again then said she couldn’t pay the £550 fare.
According to the Scot- tish Sun, Diane Lees, 40, travelled from her
home in Aberystwyth to visit her uncle in Glasgow, only to find he had moved.
She asked to be taken home again but, when she arrived, said she didn’t have the money, Aberystwyth magis-
trates heard.
Lees agreed to pay £300 within a week but failed to pay. She was ordered to pay £300 compensation to the driver and given a six- month supervised community order.
A SAFE TAXI HOME FOR FARNBOROUGH PUPILS
tions arise where extra help is needed. “A-Line Taxis have pledged to help chil- dren and young people in these situa- tions, which is a great credit to the compa- ny.”
(l-r) Jay Orriss, Debbie Wall of Rushmoor BC, Tony McGovern extended services partnership manager, Zoe Frissen, taxi drivers from A-Line Taxis and Cllr Diane Bedford, cabinet member for leisure and youth.
Children can now ride taxis home after school in a scheme designed to give them a quick way to get home in an emer- gency. Farnborough Firm A- Line Taxis and Rushmoor Borough Council have launched the Home Safe Taxi2 scheme, which allows parents in the borough to reg- ister their children for a ‘top-up’ style card. The card can be
topped up similar to a mobile phone and a child can call the number on the card and an A-Line Taxi will come and pick them up.
Cllr Diane Bedford, the council’s cabinet member for leisure and youth, said in a statement: “The card is an excellent idea, which will benefit a lot of families in Rush- moor. Family life is always busy, and occasionally situa-
Shaun Orriss, manag- er of A-Line Taxis, told the Surrey Star: “This is a unique scheme, which we are delight- ed to launch. “We have been setting up the project over the last two years and we are ready to let resi- dents in Rushmoor join the scheme and see the benefits. “The A-Line Taxi driv- ers will ensure that children are collected, looked after during the journey and taken to a chosen destination, be it home, a friend’s house or wherever. “It saves the need for children to carry cash with them; the cards can be put at the bot- tom of a child’s school bag or in pencil cases so they have them.”
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NEW RICKSHAW SERVICE FOR GREAT YARMOUTH
They are a familiar sight on the streets of India and now a rickshaw will be plying its way around Great Yarmouth. Kyle Hearney will be adding to the town’s colourful transport mix with his Pedal Pods business.
Like taxi drivers the 23- year-old from Caister
had to take a knowl- edge test before being granted a licence to carry up to three pas- sengers in his rickshaw from next spring. Mr Hearney had been interested in running a rickshaw service for some time and got going with the help of a £900 grant from
Enterprise GY, after losing his job last year. He told the Norwich Evening News: “I saw that rickshaws were popular with tourists in London and thought it would be good to have one in Yarmouth. It is something different as well as being environ- mentally friendly.”
PUPILS DESIGN RUNCORN FIRM’S ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
Talented artists from a Runcorn school have won praise for design- ing a firm’s advertising campaign.
Pupils of Cavendish Special School, Lin- coln Close, took part in a competition run by Apec Taxis to design its latest poster. The winner - Amy Oultron - had her creation cho- sen as the final design, but other run- ners-up also had their work featured on the poster. Paul Furfie, of Apec Taxis, told the Widnes Weekly News: “When we came to renew our advertisements, we decided to offer Cavendish School pupils the opportunity to design our new posters.
BURNSIDE
Mike Holland, secretary of Apec Taxis, with Cavendish pupils Kieran Bevan, Joshua Robin- son, Amy Oultron and John McGann and Paul Furfie, Apec’s treasurer.
“We were overwhelmed by the response we received and were real- ly pleased with the quality of the entries.” Mike Holland, Apec’s secretary, said: “We would like to thank
everyone at Caven-dish School who helped us with this competition.” Amy and finalists Kier- an Bevan, Joshua Robinson and John McGann were all awarded gift vouchers.
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