Police are advising people this New Year to check that any taxi they book or get into is properly licensed. It follows the theft of a taxi sign from the top of a car parked on a driveway in Court Road, Kingswood on the evening of Sunday, December 27. The sign has the number 748 on it. Police want people
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A joint operation to check on South Gloucestershire registered taxis took place on Saturday 12 December. The operation was carried out by South Gloucestershire Council licensing enforcement officers, Avon and Somerset Road Policing Unit and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA). Designed to protect taxi users over the busy Christmas season, the operation included checks on tax, vehicle insurance,
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A taxi driver from Bristol has been fined £175 and ordered to pay around £700 in costs for operating illegally in South Gloucestershire. On Tuesday 6 October North Avon Magistrates Court found Abdirahman Omar Ali guilty of trying to pick up fares in a district where he was not licensed to operate. Mr Ali, of Arley Hill, Bristol did not
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