9 h. ago Urgent plea for taxi driver who stopped at the scene of horror crash that killed two sisters, 68 and 70, on a morning walk

Officers from Thames Valley Police rushed to the scene in Caversham, a village outside of Reading, in Berkshire.

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40 h. ago Taxi driver strangled by passenger as he drove two people home

Kane Wannell was suffering a psychiatric episode when he leant across the passenger seat and put his hands around the taxi driver's throat

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47 h. ago In an age of failing economies and a populist backlash, I’ll tell you what we need – Marxism | Yanis Varoufakis

To free ourselves from our technofeudal overlords, we must think like Karl Marx. The corporations would asset-strip our brains, but we can take back controlA young woman I met recently remarked that it was not so much the existence of pure evil that drove her berserk, but rather people or institutions with the capacity to do good who instead ended up damaging humanity. Her musing made me think of Karl Marx, whose quarrel with capitalism was precisely that – not so much that it was exploitative but that it dehumanised and alienated us despite being such a progressive force.Preceding social systems might have been more oppressive or exploitative than capitalism. However, only under capitalism have humans been so fully alienated from our products and environment, so divorced from our labour, so robbed of even a modicum of control over what we think and do. Capitalism, especially after it shifted into its technofeudal phase, turned us all into some version of Caliban or Shylock – monads...

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3 d. ago London taxi driver threatened with blackmail on camera for 'using phone while driving in slow moving traffic'

A cyclist filming the driver in the West End offered to delete the clip and not report him to police in exchange for cash

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3 d. ago Taxi driver threatened with blackmail for 'using phone while driving'

Taxi driver threatened with blackmail for 'using phone while driving'  London Evening Standard

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3 d. ago Robert De Niro, 81, in wild crossover as he takes daughter, two, to meet The Wiggles

Taxi Driver actor Robert De Niro, 81, enjoyed a wholesome trip to see The Wiggles in New York City with his two-year-old daughter, Gia

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4 d. ago Taxi driver 'sexually assaulted British tourist' after picking her up in Magaluf and 'told her "this is how things are done in Spain" after kicking her out of cab'

A taxi driver 'sexually assaulted' a British holidaymaker in Magaluf before allegedly telling her as he kicked her out of his cab: 'This is how things are done in Spain so get used to it.'

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5 d. ago Where is Kerry Katona's ex Mark Croft now? Former cab driver has shied the spotlight for quiet life in Bolton with his new wife

However, arguably one of her most turbulent romances was with former taxi driver Mark Croft, who she famously accused of stealing her money.

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8 d. ago Family of woman killed and dismembered by a psychotic taxi driver because 'God told him to' say they are 'terrified' as parole board allows open prison move

Martin Bell, 55, killed Gemma Simpson, then 23, with a hammer and a knife in 2000 before sawing her legs off and burying her at a beauty spot near Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

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9 d. ago 'Family man' taxi driver dies agonising death after robbers make him drink acid

Tiago Augusto Nicolau, from Brazil, died a horrific death after two people forced him to stop his car and made him down acid. His family have since paid tribute to the loving dad

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1 week ago Former taxi driver jailed for paying someone £600 to get out of speeding ticket

Sajid Hussain lied about two speeding offences while working as a taxi driver

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1 week ago Teenager will grow up with only one foot because of unlicensed taxi driver

Before it happened, the boy loved boxing, playing football, and riding his bike and scooter, and had just started an apprenticeship as a carpenter

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1 week ago Love Island's Ben looks unrecognisable as old modelling snaps resurface

Ben Holbrough, a private taxi driver from Gloucester, has another job which is very different.

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1 week ago Blue Peter icon died a penniless taxi driver after spending decades on TV

A Blue Peter legend died without a penny to his name despite being one of the longest serving stars on the popular children's programme.

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4 w. ago Five members of same family jailed for 17 years over £136,000 fake armed robbery plot at Post Office

Taxi driver Rajvinder Kahlon, 43, pretended to be an armed robber as part of the plot at the branch in Hounslow, west London on April 1 last year.

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4 w. ago Taxi driver wins £138k Range Rover and £50,000 cash after car theft ordeal

After thieves tried to steal his cab, Karwan Ahmed’s fortunes turned around dramatically when he won a luxury Range Rover and £50,000 in a BOTB prize draw.

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4 w. ago Love Island taxi driver Ben Holbrough's secret past link to show as he joins new line

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Holbrough is one of the singletons entering the Love Island villa on Monday, June 9, 2025 and the private hire driver has a secret past with the show

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