:00:08. > :00:12.Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to the programme. Our
:00:12. > :00:17.headlines - concern over former criminals working as taxi drivers.
:00:17. > :00:22.Is the vetting tough enough? A special investigation. I think a
:00:22. > :00:26.lot of people will be surprised to learn that the people who drive
:00:26. > :00:31.taxies are not always completely honest. Some of them have got
:00:31. > :00:35.criminal convictions. Not a lot, but many. The vast majority are
:00:35. > :00:38.very trustworthy. You always get the rogue element in any trade.
:00:39. > :00:46.Also, as customers look for bargains, businesses in the area
:00:46. > :00:50.look for opportunities to compete. Treasure trove of memories -
:00:51. > :00:54.thousands of films are given a new home in Lincolnshire. We have got
:00:54. > :01:02.the answer to one of the most Googleed questions in Britain -
:01:02. > :01:12.what is scampi? Ice could be a problem again tonight. Join me for
:01:12. > :01:17.
:01:17. > :01:22.Good evening. BBC Look North has learnt that former criminals, with
:01:22. > :01:28.convictions, including assault, burglary and affray, are being list
:01:28. > :01:32.cepbsed to operate as taxi -- licences to operate as taxi drivers.
:01:32. > :01:36.One operator has told us that he won't allow his daughter to travel
:01:36. > :01:40.with a driver he doesn't know. But the police and council officials
:01:40. > :01:46.insist that licenced taxies are still the safest way to get home
:01:46. > :01:51.during the party season. We have this special report. Christmas
:01:51. > :01:55.revellers enjoying the party season. They are taking their own safety
:01:55. > :02:01.seriously and already planning how they'll get home. Taxi. Taxi.
:02:01. > :02:05.are getting home by taxi. Taxi. Taxi. Taxi. What they probably
:02:06. > :02:12.don't realise is that the taxi could be driven by a convicted
:02:12. > :02:20.criminal, who has been licenced quite legal by Hull City -- Hull
:02:20. > :02:25.City council. It will only grant a licence if they are satisfied that
:02:25. > :02:29.the person is fit and proper. But this driver is concerned that some
:02:29. > :02:33.drivers are far from fit and proper. If my daughter wants to go out, I
:02:33. > :02:38.make sure I'm there to collect her, or make sure I know who will make
:02:38. > :02:42.her up. I will not allow her to use taxi companies. I won't allow her
:02:42. > :02:45.to hail black cabs. Our own investigations seem to bear out
:02:45. > :02:50.some of the concerns. We have learnt that some licenced drivers
:02:50. > :02:56.have criminal convictions spanning more than 20 years. Records show
:02:56. > :03:01.that one licenced private hire driver has 32 separate convictions.
:03:01. > :03:05.They are for offences including burglary, assault and sex with an
:03:05. > :03:13.undergauge girl. Despite a recent conviction for affray, his licence
:03:13. > :03:19.has still been renewed. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act ex-
:03:19. > :03:29.offenders can wipe the slate clean once a period of time has elapsed,
:03:29. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:39.but taxi drivers are ex em -- exemp. While this driver couldn't do
:03:39. > :03:44.school contracts there was nothing to stop him carrying children. You
:03:44. > :03:52.could have picked up young boys or girls from the station? Yes. I did.
:03:52. > :03:56.You did? I did, yes. You had to take up any fare, unless they were
:03:56. > :04:00.known prostitutes, drunks or known to be violent. All taxi drivers are
:04:00. > :04:05.subject to checks by the Crimial Records Bureau, but councils can
:04:05. > :04:09.still knowingly and legally licence those who have offended in the past.
:04:09. > :04:14.James Button is a solicitor specialising in taxi licencing law.
:04:14. > :04:19.People do reform and change. People do recognise the error of their
:04:19. > :04:24.ways. That's fine. As with all things, it's fine up to a point.
:04:24. > :04:30.You do get people who are serial criminals and those are the people
:04:30. > :04:36.who the system should and I emphasise should, prevent from
:04:36. > :04:42.being licenced. This cab firm deals with around 15,000 passengers every
:04:42. > :04:47.week. They insist the overwhelming majority of drivers are safe to use.
:04:47. > :04:51.I would guarantee in our association that 99.9% of all
:04:51. > :04:57.drivers are genuine drivers. If the public has any problems go straight
:04:57. > :05:03.to the Public Protection Department and they'll deal with it. A view
:05:03. > :05:07.echoed by Hull's Hackney carriage drivers, who launched a campaign
:05:08. > :05:14.today. The vast majority of drivers are very trustworthy. You always
:05:14. > :05:17.get the rogue element in any trade. Obviously, it doesn't concern me at
:05:17. > :05:23.all. The Hackney carriage and the private hire industry are very safe.
:05:23. > :05:27.This woman, though, has a different story to tell. She has recorded --
:05:27. > :05:31.reported to police she endured 20 minutes of terror was a taxi driver
:05:31. > :05:37.allegedly refused to let her out, because he wanted her phone instead
:05:37. > :05:41.of the fare. He was going really fast on the main road, so I knew
:05:41. > :05:45.there was no point in jumping off. We got to the junction and he
:05:45. > :05:50.stopped and he was picking up speed and that was my opportunity then to
:05:50. > :05:55.jump out. I was terrified. During the past two years, at least three
:05:55. > :05:57.taxi drivers from Hull have been jailed. Two of them had sexually
:05:58. > :06:04.assaulted their passengers, but Humberside police say the cases are
:06:04. > :06:08.still very rare. The majority of the drivers in the city are law-
:06:08. > :06:12.abiding and trustworthy in that respect. Where the issues lie is
:06:12. > :06:16.when people get into vehicles that are not authorised to carry out
:06:16. > :06:20.that journey. Despite these reassurances, concerns remain about
:06:20. > :06:25.the licencing of ex-offenders. you think of people working with
:06:25. > :06:30.the public like that and licenced by the council, that they would
:06:30. > :06:34.have more stringent tests to ensure public safety. It's a concern not
:06:34. > :06:37.just for our students, but friends or family members if anything
:06:37. > :06:42.untoward were to happen to them, especially in the hands of somebody
:06:42. > :06:47.who has been given a licence. Despite any concerns raised, the
:06:47. > :06:52.official advice remains the same. It's much safer to take a licenced
:06:52. > :06:56.taxi even if the person behind the wheel has a criminal record.
:06:56. > :07:04.Vicky is in the centre of Hull right now. What have the City
:07:04. > :07:08.Council had to say about this? They've declined the opportunity to
:07:08. > :07:12.be interviewed by us, but they have issued a statement saying perm
:07:12. > :07:16.safety is of paramount importance and if they discover that any
:07:16. > :07:19.driver has been convicted or charged with any criminal activity
:07:19. > :07:23.then they'll have to appear before the city's committee and
:07:23. > :07:28.appropriate action will be taken. Now, if we had been able to
:07:28. > :07:33.interview them we would have liked to have asked them how robust the
:07:33. > :07:36.wetting procedures are. While our report ha centred on Hull, I must
:07:36. > :07:41.stress that this situation is quite common across the country and in
:07:41. > :07:47.many ways, Hull's more proactive in some of the procedures. For
:07:47. > :07:52.instance, they insist on the annual licencing of their taxies. This is
:07:52. > :07:58.recently been taken up by East Lindsey council, who is following
:07:58. > :08:03.suit. Another thing I have to point out is that a tax on tax I --
:08:03. > :08:09.attacks on taxi drivers are much more common than the other way
:08:09. > :08:16.round, and the safest way during this party season is by licenced
:08:16. > :08:22.taxi, rather than any bogus or other cabs at all. Thank you.
:08:22. > :08:26.We throw this one open to you tonight. Do you think the law
:08:26. > :08:30.surrounding taxi drivers needs to be toughened up? Do you think they
:08:30. > :08:40.have served their time and should be allowed to get on with earning a
:08:40. > :08:58.
:08:58. > :09:01.living? Maybe you are a driver More news. Plans to move the Red
:09:01. > :09:03.Arrows from RAF Scampton near Lincoln to RAF Waddington have been
:09:03. > :09:06.put on hold. The previous Government had announced the base
:09:06. > :09:09.would be closing, but that was suspended because of the Spending
:09:09. > :09:12.Review and operations in Libya. Today the Ministry of Defence has
:09:12. > :09:14.said it will be reviewing the decision to move the Reds. It'll
:09:14. > :09:17.publish its findings in the new year. Former Scunthorpe MP, Elliot
:09:17. > :09:20.Morley, has been ordered to pay more than �56,000 in costs, after
:09:20. > :09:22.being convicted of fiddling his expenses. Morley was jailed in May
:09:22. > :09:25.after admitting fraudulently claiming around �30,000 of
:09:25. > :09:33.Parliamentary expenses. Today an order's been made by a judge in
:09:33. > :09:36.London for him to repay his Legal Aid and prosecution costs. Snow and
:09:36. > :09:39.ice caused problems for drivers this morning. The A163 in Holme on
:09:39. > :09:45.Spalding Moor in East Yorkshire was closed for several hours after a
:09:45. > :09:47.three-vehicle accident. No-one was hurt. The name of a man who died in
:09:47. > :09:50.this crash near Caistor yesterday morning has been released. Mohamed
:09:50. > :09:53.Azzabi was 43 and from Nettleton near Market Rasen. Four children
:09:53. > :10:00.and a woman who were in his vehicle are still in hospital with serious
:10:00. > :10:02.injuries. The MP for Brigg and Goole has been leading a debate in
:10:02. > :10:04.Parliament on his proposals to introduce compulsory money
:10:04. > :10:07.management lessons in schools. Andrew Percy wants young people to
:10:08. > :10:10.get the training to try and stop them getting into debt later in
:10:10. > :10:20.life. More than 100,000 people have also signed a online petition
:10:20. > :10:25.
:10:25. > :10:28.backing his report. It's not about moralising about debt. It's not
:10:28. > :10:38.about that. It's not about educating people never to be in
:10:38. > :10:39.
:10:39. > :10:44.debt, but providing people with the appropriate skills. Still ahead -
:10:44. > :10:50.painstaking work to preserve the past. The film archive that's come
:10:50. > :11:00.to Lincolnshire. I don't know what scampi is. I've had it in
:11:00. > :11:00.
:11:00. > :11:07.restaurants. It's very nice. Not a clue what it is. Yes, scampi update,
:11:07. > :11:15.all will be revealed. The photograph tonight is from Horn see
:11:15. > :11:18.Mere. Several people have been writing
:11:18. > :11:25.this afternoon from South Yorkshire saying that they want an apology
:11:25. > :11:32.tonight. What about your feature on scampi? No, about the fact that
:11:32. > :11:36.last night's forecast was a bit - what's the word I'm looking for,
:11:36. > :11:40.what's the word I'm looking for, wrong? I suppose we had a bit of
:11:40. > :11:43.snow in Sheffield. It is snow in December, but we didn't get that
:11:44. > :11:48.one right. We did forecast widespread ice. I'm sure you were
:11:48. > :11:54.going to point that out to your millions of viewers. He has gone
:11:54. > :11:59.quiet. You're on your own. excited about the scampi piece.
:11:59. > :12:04.We'll look at the warning. It's in place. We could have icy patches
:12:04. > :12:08.once again on untreated surfaces. There is the nasty looking area of
:12:08. > :12:12.low, which will push way to the south. The interesting thing is the
:12:12. > :12:16.northern edge of that rain could fringe into the extreme south of
:12:16. > :12:23.Lincolnshire. A bit of sleet towards the end of the night.
:12:23. > :12:27.Actually, we have ended the day with plenty of clear weather.
:12:27. > :12:31.Temperatures will drop away quite smartly. A risk of one or two
:12:31. > :12:37.showers from the west. Then the wind switches to the east. To the
:12:37. > :12:41.end of the night, watch the extreme south. It would bring rain or sleet
:12:42. > :12:51.and patchy, light snow. Elsewhere, watch out for ice on untreated
:12:52. > :12:54.
:12:54. > :13:00.surfaces. Temperatures around It looks like tomorrow will be
:13:00. > :13:04.quite cold, a bit windy and any sleet and snow with rain pushing
:13:04. > :13:07.away south from south Lincolnshire and quite cloudy skies. There is a
:13:07. > :13:17.risk of a scattering of showers. Mainly of rain. Perhaps a little
:13:17. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:29.sleet. Even a bit of wet snow, but chiefly over the top of the moors.
:13:29. > :13:39.Frosty at night. Wintry showers to Frosty at night. Wintry showers to
:13:39. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:46.come. Dotdot The high streets are struggle in the run-up to Christmas
:13:46. > :13:48.according to figures out today. Retail figures have fallen despite
:13:48. > :13:51.Retail figures have fallen despite heavy discounts. In the third part
:13:51. > :13:57.of our series on the economy, our business reporter looks at how
:13:57. > :13:58.shoppers are spending less and also shoppers are spending less and also
:13:58. > :13:59.shoppers are spending less and also shoppers are spending less and also
:13:59. > :14:04.searching for a bargain. company
:14:04. > :14:10.company behind this pound shop is now opening a new store at the rate
:14:10. > :14:15.of one a week. Here, they are hoping for record Christmas sales.
:14:15. > :14:17.Our Christmas is going to be our best-ever Christmas, but generally
:14:17. > :14:24.speaking people are being very careful in what they are spending
:14:24. > :14:27.and where they are spending it. Poundland's latest store is opening
:14:27. > :14:30.in Lincoln. It's a relatively affluent city, but habits are
:14:30. > :14:34.changing. What is clear, it's rarely been so competitive on the
:14:34. > :14:38.high street and the rise of the pound shop perhaps tells us that
:14:38. > :14:45.shoppers are more than ever seeking value. Also, that there's less
:14:46. > :14:49.money to spend. This shop is a successful independent business,
:14:49. > :14:53.but recently it's been surrounded by discount stores, where
:14:53. > :15:02.sandwiches can cost as little as �1ment It has pushed up to up our
:15:02. > :15:09.game and open a night-time shop next door. We took over that and
:15:09. > :15:12.started to do late-night food. Sales, discounts and offers - shops
:15:12. > :15:16.are working hard to try to bring custom in. Will you spend more this
:15:16. > :15:22.year or less than last year? Less than last year. Why? Because I
:15:22. > :15:30.haven't got it. I feel as though I should look after what I've got.
:15:30. > :15:34.You are cautious? Yeah. With thrift on the agenda, the stores selling
:15:34. > :15:37.the big-ticket eye Emms know they'll have to work hard for their
:15:37. > :15:44.money. People are searching round for the bargain and value out of
:15:44. > :15:54.the product. There's no doubt about that. There are smaller items being
:15:54. > :15:56.sold. Different kinds of a feel to this year. In east Yorkshire and
:15:56. > :16:00.Lincolnshire average salaries are continuing to be outstripped by
:16:00. > :16:06.inflation and the high street is just one place where the pain is
:16:06. > :16:10.continuing to be felt. Paul's been following this story all week. It's
:16:10. > :16:16.been a pretty grim week of economic news. Is there any cause for hope?
:16:16. > :16:19.You are right. It's been gloomy. We have seen inflation at 4.8% and
:16:19. > :16:22.average annual salaries are falling and unemployment is going up here.
:16:22. > :16:26.If there is a glimmer, it's the Christmas shoppers, because the
:16:26. > :16:30.high street has rarely been as competitive as it is. Every shop is
:16:30. > :16:33.undercutting the next. Some of the discounts out there now are
:16:33. > :16:37.unbelievable. The problem is they are unsustainable too. Many
:16:37. > :16:42.retailers are going to have a very tough time if they don't shift
:16:42. > :16:52.their produce in the run-up to Christmas. Thank you.
:16:52. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :16:59.Thanks to every who -- everyone who got in touch about a new shopping
:16:59. > :17:05.centre to be built on the outskirts of Scunthorpe. There were a -- an
:17:05. > :17:08.equal number of votes yesterday. I'm thrid for Scunthorpe, bringing
:17:08. > :17:12.money back -- thrilled for Scunthorpe, bringing money back
:17:12. > :17:18.into the area. People will be able to come into town and get the rest
:17:18. > :17:24.of their shopping and it will be jobs and money in our area.
:17:24. > :17:29.traffic is unbelievable, so with them being there it's terrible.
:17:29. > :17:32.It's disgusting. We have both sides on the radio earlier today and
:17:32. > :17:42.again, a huge response. Thank you for the messages after last night's
:17:42. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:17.programme. Just a few. First, John Because of the response, we'll have
:18:17. > :18:21.more on this tomorrow lunch time on the radio, if you can join me.
:18:21. > :18:26.Plans for a �50 million development in Mablethorpe have been turned
:18:26. > :18:30.down by councillors. Developers had wanted to build 180 new homes,
:18:30. > :18:35.together with a supermarket, garage and pub and restaurant, but
:18:35. > :18:37.campaigners had argued it would increase the chance of flooding.
:18:37. > :18:42.BAe Systems say they are more optimistic about their future,
:18:42. > :18:45.after a meeting with David Cameron. Staff from the site in Brough
:18:46. > :18:49.arrived back in east Yorkshire last night, after going to see the Prime
:18:49. > :18:52.Minister about plans to mothball the site. David Cameron said he
:18:53. > :19:01.would put pressure on the company to rethink its proposals, to make
:19:02. > :19:07.almost 900 people redundant. Hull City boss, nick Barmby, says
:19:07. > :19:11.he hopes the few days off will make the players feel refreshed. They
:19:11. > :19:18.recovered before their game this weekend. Barmby has now won four of
:19:18. > :19:21.his six games since taking charge. City are fifth in the championship.
:19:21. > :19:24.That is their highest position since falling from the Premier
:19:24. > :19:29.League. Then we have the Leicester game and Birmingham and then
:19:29. > :19:35.Coventry, as in the way they play and got the ball forward, that was
:19:35. > :19:38.quicker. Then the big teams and two centre forwards, so it's been a
:19:38. > :19:45.demanding week. They deserve a couple of days off. They've rested
:19:46. > :19:55.and done the right things and been looking sharp. We'll have
:19:56. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :19:59.commentary of the match on Saturday on the radio. Lincoln City FC has
:19:59. > :20:02.been spreading Christmas cheer at the county hospital. The squad
:20:02. > :20:06.visited the children's wards to meet some of the youngsters and to
:20:06. > :20:11.hand out gifts. The manager, David Holdsworth, says that getting into
:20:11. > :20:19.the community is important for the club and the players. It's a very
:20:19. > :20:24.pleasant surprise. It's very nice. Enjoyable. It's very nice. It was a
:20:24. > :20:29.big surprise. We recognise we are in a community and to give just a
:20:29. > :20:32.tiny little bit back to the community means a lot. Something to
:20:32. > :20:36.listen out for on your own BBC local radio in the morning, when
:20:36. > :20:44.you get a chance to put questions about key local services. Stephen
:20:44. > :20:48.Parnaby, the leader of East Riding of Yorkshire council, will be on
:20:48. > :20:52.radio and Kieron Nelson of Anglian Water will be taking your questions.
:20:52. > :20:56.It's the feature we call Hot Seat. If you are concerned about council
:20:56. > :21:06.tax in east Yorkshire or worried about your water bill in
:21:06. > :21:06.
:21:06. > :21:10.Lincolnshire then listen in: Lincoln has become home to a huge
:21:10. > :21:14.archive of films. Thousands of items from across large parts of
:21:14. > :21:19.the country. The collection based at the university, aims to preserve
:21:19. > :21:26.films like this one, from Skegness in the 1960s, for generations to
:21:26. > :21:31.come. Phil has the story. It's a treasure trove of memories. Films
:21:31. > :21:34.which tell family stories and remind us of days gone by.
:21:34. > :21:40.first call was alSkegness weather station, where we could watch the
:21:40. > :21:44.weather recorded as it happens. Of course, it was a beautiful, sunny
:21:44. > :21:48.day. It always has good weather. This family's memories were filmed
:21:48. > :21:54.for the council. The year is 1961 and shows many sites still around
:21:54. > :21:59.today. Here we are driving along South Parade, around the clocktower
:21:59. > :22:02.to the Embassy Ballroom. It's not always so much what is happening in
:22:03. > :22:07.the foreground. I think this is what people need to understand.
:22:07. > :22:15.They think it's not going to be of interest to anybody, but them, but
:22:15. > :22:19.it's Whapping behind, which gives us so much information about --
:22:19. > :22:24.what is happening behind and which gives us so much information about
:22:24. > :22:29.what is going on. The university has 70,000 films, the oldest of
:22:29. > :22:34.which dates back 114 years. Handling these films is of course a
:22:34. > :22:39.delicate job. As we can see here, many arrive in the poor state of
:22:39. > :22:44.repair. For the team responsible, there's often weeks of work to make
:22:44. > :22:48.sure they survive. People who haven't seen the films maybe since
:22:48. > :22:52.they shot them and if they had a projector and they haven't seen it
:22:52. > :22:59.since then, it's a great thing to get a note back from a depositer,
:22:59. > :23:03.saying how happy they are that they've got to see the films.
:23:03. > :23:08.centre already receives around 20 new films a week and today this
:23:08. > :23:13.lady brought in her collection. don't know what they are. The fill
:23:13. > :23:19.pldz are believed to have recorded life at Stoke-on-Trent's theatre
:23:19. > :23:25.and could have early performances from two well-known actors.
:23:25. > :23:30.actors were a young Ben Kingsley and Robert Powell. They were in the
:23:30. > :23:37.documentary plays at the theatre. They may well be here in more
:23:37. > :23:41.scenes that have never been seen. lovely garden here and lot of roses.
:23:41. > :23:46.All the films stored here can be viewed by the public, so if you've
:23:46. > :23:49.got treasured memories in the loft, donating them cob the -- could be
:23:49. > :23:59.the best idea and ensuring their survival for future generations to
:23:59. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:09.enjoy. As advertised, out of all the questions typed into Google
:24:09. > :24:13.this year, this the second-most popular - what is scampi? No-one
:24:13. > :24:19.seems to know why so many people want to know, but what we do know
:24:19. > :24:29.is that half of all the UK's scampi is produced right here in east
:24:29. > :24:33.Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The Royal Wedding, celebrity gossip and
:24:33. > :24:38.cheap flights. All popular topics that internet users have been
:24:38. > :24:48.gooingling this year, but the second-most -- gooingling this year,
:24:48. > :24:56.but the second-most asked question was about scampi. Scampi is
:24:56. > :25:01.Langersteen and it can be known as Norwegian lobster and it's a hard-
:25:01. > :25:06.shelled crustation. They don't realise it's the Langersteen tail.
:25:06. > :25:12.Scampi was developed during World War II. German U boats and a
:25:12. > :25:17.shortage of trawlermen means that they became popular. Now, thousands
:25:17. > :25:27.of tonnes of it are produce inside Grimsby. It's an industry worth 62
:25:27. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:31.million a year. 50% of squam my is produced here. -- scampi is
:25:32. > :25:38.produced here. The question is, do people know. Yes, it's very nice,
:25:38. > :25:44.but I've not a clue what it is. Fish and it's in batter. It's a
:25:44. > :25:50.fish. I'm not quite sure. I'm quite ashamed. The most popular question
:25:50. > :25:55.asked was what is AV, but Google says it was closely followed by
:25:55. > :25:59.what is scampi? It also surprised us a lot. To be honest, we don't
:25:59. > :26:04.know why it is that interesting. It's really unusual. It may be a
:26:04. > :26:13.popular choice on today's menu, but across the country many still
:26:13. > :26:18.aren't exactly sure what it is. Norwegian lobster in a basket. A
:26:18. > :26:22.recap of the main national and regional news - more than 13,000
:26:22. > :26:26.troops are drafted in to provide extra security for the Games in
:26:26. > :26:30.London. Concern over former criminals working as taxi drivers.
:26:30. > :26:34.A special investigation looked at whether vetting is tough enough.
:26:34. > :26:42.The weather for Friday - cloudy at times and further showers of rain
:26:42. > :26:47.and sleet. Some snow possible over higher ground. A response coming in
:26:47. > :26:51.on the subject of taxi drivers, after that report from Vicky
:26:51. > :26:55.Johnson earlier. One here, "Surely it should depend on the nature of
:26:55. > :27:00.their offence. Violent crime is a no-no, but non-payment of tax is
:27:01. > :27:04.less of a problem." And this from Morgan, "Once a criminal, always a
:27:04. > :27:08.criminal. They'll not change. This is an exact reason why I am
:27:08. > :27:13.frightened of taxies." This from Sheila, "You should make sure there
:27:13. > :27:17.is more than one person in a taxi. Especially if living near each
:27:17. > :27:22.other." This from George, "Any taxi driver prosecuted for serious
:27:22. > :27:25.offences should have their licence taken away for life." Just finally,
:27:25. > :27:29.this from Kerry, "If they have a criminal record then I think no,