FANCY A RUCK?
TAXI drivers will be required to put CCTV cameras in their cabs to prevent sex assaults.
The move is part of a Government clampdown which includes tougher criminal record checks and a national database to stop drivers operating outside the area of their licence.
The measures follow an official review after sex abuse scandals in Rotherham, S Yorks and Rochdale, Gtr Manchester. Rochdale licensing officers said drivers were working there using licences from neighbouring Rossendale.
Rossendale has 75 taxi rank spaces yet last year it licensed 3,700 drivers. Many had criminal convictions in areas such as York, Milton Keynes and Manchester. It has also been revealed that Birmingham council gave licences to convicted drug dealers, child abusers and burglars. Cab driver FRENCH rugby club US Carcassonne has signed a sponsorship deal with a porn website – with a boost to ticket sales already seen.