Lancashire constabulary appeal for witnesses after man falls from taxi

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A man is in a critical condition after he fell from a taxi in Burnley in the early hours of this morning.

Police were called at around 2:10am on Sunday April 15th following reports of a serious incident on the A682, Church Street, near to Active Way.A 40-year-old man from Brierfield was resuscitated at the scene. He suffered multiple-injuries and he was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.His family are being supported by specially trained officers.We believe that the man was a passenger in a Toyota Avensis private hire taxi.The road was closed for two hours for Collision Investigation work.Sgt Marc Glass, of Lancashire Police, said: “An investigation is underway following a serious incident in Burnley.“A man has suffered life-threatening injuries and our thoughts are with the man and his family at this difficult time. “We are appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident and has not yet spoken with police to come forward

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SUNDAY SPECIAL REPORT: What’s it like, having your Uber account hacked ?

The story of celebrity Anthea Turner hit the media back in 2015. TfL never commented on the story, or took action over, even though they knew what was going on. 

2.7 UK Uber accounts had been hacked and many customers couldn’t close down their accounts because the hackers had changed the login details. 

The stories soon disappeared even though other celebrities and dignitaries had also been hacked.

Posted April 8th 2015:

On that day, Anthea Turner like many Uber London customers, woke up to find that her rider account had been accessed illegally, by a third party who had been using her account over the bank Holliday Weekend.

Anthea made this tweet at 10:53 yesterday morning after discovering the money had already been taken from her bank account.

Many people (who use the same password for multiple applications) have found their personal bank details and social media platforms have also been accessed. TfL have never mentioned this either. 

Anthea had been unable to find help from Uber as their twitter helpline has been swamped with customer complaints. 

Uber denied reports of a major hack. 

In fact, Uber immediately took down their London user Twitter account and replaced it with a nation user account, hopping this would dilute the complaint statistics after the major security breach.

Uber again denied their systems have been hacked. Nine months previously, their systems were breached with drivers details stolen including; drivers names, addresses and credit card details. 

Amazingly, Uber said nothing about this for five months, according to the New York Times. 

Anthea's celebrity friend, hard man actor Tamer Hassan had this bit of advice for her at the time:

A the same time, 35-year-old record producer Mike Crossley alleged that over the course of 10 days, someone took 142 Uber rides using his account — racking up a £3,000 bill. 

"Most of the time they were using the expensive luxury service to run up the bill," he said. 

"They were quite random although there was an address in Westminster they went to more than once."

Uber denied there had been a breach — but hurriedly refund customers. 

It wasn't until 2017, we found out just how big the hack had actually been. 2.7 million UK accounts had been hacked, 57 million world wide and Uber had covered it up 

Here are some more hacks reported at that time on Twitter

Next week....Uber's Spy In The Sky... GreyBall. 

TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT:

Just how corrupt if this company?

The advice given below, was taken from an UBER driver forum post, on how to beat the Gatwick out of licencing area situation:

"I'll go physically into the McD's on the N road and sit with a coffee with the app still running. It can surely then be claimed to be accidental in that case if there's an issue."

Also, incase you may have missed this: 

Recorded clip from the Cristo show on LBC, an Uber driver discusses how his system is set up to deceive and over charge the Uber customer. 

            

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Boris Johnson Said They Were Illegal, Sir Peter Hendy Said “It’s What The Public Want”

  What’s it like to have your Uber account hacked ?

This story from celebrity Anthea Turner  was posted on Taxi Leaks back in 2015. TfL never commented on the story even though they knew what was going on. 

Hundreds of accounts had been hacked and customers couldn’t close down their accounts because the hackers had changed the login details. 

Posted April 8th 2015:

Yesterday morning, Anthea Turner like many Uber London customers, woke up to find that her rider account had been accessed illegally, by a third party who had been using her account over the bank Holliday Weekend.

Anthea made the tweet at 10:53 yesterday morning after discovering the money had already been taken from her bank account.

Many people (who use the same password for multiple applications) have found their personal bank details and social media platforms have also been accessed.

So far, Anthea has been unable to any find help from Uber as their twitter helpline has been swamped with customer complaints.

In fact, Uber have now taken down their London user Twitter account and replaced it with a nation user account, hopping this would dilute the complaint statistics after the current security breach.

Uber have again denied their systems have been hacked. Nine months ago, Uber's system were breached with drivers details stolen including drivers names, addresses and credit card details. Amazingly, Uber said nothing about this for five months, according to the New York Times. 

Anthea's celebrity friend, hard man actor Tamer Hassan had this bit of advice for her at the time:

Keep supporting our iconic London Blck Cab. Do not use Uber, they are robbing our country of its taxes. 

TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT:

The advice given below, was taken from an UBER driver forum post on how to beat the Gatwick out of licencing area situation:

"I'll go physically into the McD's on the N road and sit with a coffee with the app still running. It can surely then be claimed to be accidental in that case if there's an issue."

Also, incase you may have missed this: 

Recorded clip from the Cristo show on LBC, an Uber driver discusses how his system is set up to deceive and over charge the Uber customer.  

            

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Taxi Charity sponsors a brick at Fulham Palace restoration

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Last week the Taxi Charity visited Fulham Palace to sponsor a brick at a palace restoration event.

Lee Copeland, who is a volunteer at Fulham Palace, sponsored a brick on behalf of the Taxi Charity as part of the restoration work at the palace.

Taxi Charity committee members, Graham Pike and Ian Parsons, were accompanied by Chelsea Pensioners, Mike Smith, Dave Lines, Ken McDonald and Bill Posnett.

Lee Copeland gave the charity representatives a brief history of Fulham Palace and visited all the craft tables in the courtyard.

Following 18 months of preparation and planning, construction works have begun on the site of the beautiful Tudor palace. Scaffolding at the main entrance has now been erected and a shroud has been placed over it to imitate the front facade of the Palace.

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New all-electric hydrofoil water taxi preparing to launch

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A battery-powered boat with a hydrofoil design which lifts the hull of the boat over the water has been tested in Switzerland on it's world famous lake Geneva.

The French startup called SeaBubbles wants to use it's electric boat to offer a taxi service in cities located near rivers and lakes.

Take a look at the all new electric hydrofoil water taxi in action.

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We Need To Bring Them All Back To Answer Charges Of Alleged Malfeasanc

In a statement yesterday on Periscope, chair of the London Cab Drivers Club Grant Davis said: "we need to bring all TfL directors back past and present, to answer charges!". 

Paul Coghlan on FaceBook. 

The proof that Uber are illegal is now so unequivocally abundant it is mind numbing. 

Uber BV do not and never have had  an operators license. Uber BV in Holland dispatch every job after it has been accepted by the driver (illegal) as only a licensed operator can accept a booking. They also process the payment therefore avoiding any tax liability in the uk. Uber London ltd have the operators license but take no part in the booking process. ULL are merely the company who are Uber’s public face. 

We've all seen th videos of an army of compliance foot soldiers, trying to cover up UberRape, acting on orders from TfL top brass, removing copies of a trade paper from Taxis, being handed out to inform the public. 

One of the compliance officers suddenly disappeared from their ranks after it was alleged she had major connections with Uber drivers. 

They are responsible for the coverups of rape and gross misconduct by the company here in London. 

Freedom of information has revealed that TFL knew in 2013 that the booking process was non compliant. They actually instigated an IT architectural investigation by Deloitte that proved it to be so. 

TfL we’re about to act but Downing Street intervention quashed any compliance action. 

So for 5 long years TFL have knowingly sat on information that has caused 25k + self employed British men and woman to loose homes families and in the case of suicide their lives, in favour of an American tech company that contributes nothing, I repeat nothing, to our society other than an artificially low priced ride that will be 4x that price when all opposition is eradicated. 

The fight for justice continues as does the battle for survival. If you think it’s not you’re problem just remember this. These parasites will not stop with the Taxi industry. At the current burn rate they realise money will run out before self driving cars are ready en masse. They are looking to diversify into new areas. You could be next. Delete the app and support you’re local businesses.

                 

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As Paul rightly says, Uber are looking to diversify as the money is running out. They already heavily subsidise every job dispatched. Uber have taken on Jump cycles in a bid to raise funds. They have leads devastated many small local businesses with Uber Eats. 

Ever business they are involved in has an affect on people's everyday lives. This below from the other side of the world:

 

A POPULAR Sydney burger chef has severed ties with UberEats and unleashed a scathing online spray against the “fascist” company after his business was hit by a wave of negative reviews from customers unhappy with cold food.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Burgers by Josh founder Josh Arthurs accused UberEats of “exploitation”. “To all our loyal customers who have had a bad experience with UberEats we APOLOGISE,” Mr Arthurs wrote.

“As both a customer and food operational partner of this fascist company I have seen first-hand just how bad [an] experience it is for both parties involved.”

He said the drivers were untrained in food handling and customer service and “any Joe off the street can join”, and the problem was made worse because drivers were “not paid much so they will take one job/food order and often stop in and get another along the way which results in customers getting cold food”.

“Now recently Uber changed its policy on refunds for customers and businesses,” he said. “Customers no longer have a call centre to call and they have to enter a complaint in via the app to be sent off overseas with an expected wait of 24 to 72-hour response time to then see if you are eligible for a refund.

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Colombian serial killer murdered 60 Taxi drivers over a five year spree

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A Colombian man dubbed the 'rope monster' murdered 60 motorbike taxi drivers between 2007 and 2012. Luis Gregorio Ramirez Maestre, 38, would request a ride to the more quieter outskirts of town, where he suffocate the drivers until they were unconscious. Maestre would then tie his victims up to a tree by their neck, legs and arms in a system that would eventually cause death from choking. The prolific killer would watch his victims die slowly before taking one of their possessions as a trophy. Maestre has admitted to killing 23 men, but is believed to of murdered 60. Maestre has claimed to of been ordered to murder the taxi drivers by a paramilitary group, but authorities say that they have found no links between Maestre and any organised crime groups. Luis Gregorio Ramirez Maestre was found guilty of six counts of murder after an investigation that was assisted by the FBI and UK investigation agencies. 23 bodies were eventually found. 37 other drivers are still missing and are believed to of also been murdered by Maestre. Original source: Daily Mail.

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