LONDON

It will cost £21.50 per day to drive in central London if you drive an older car


Motorists driving vehicles belching out filthy fumes are set to be hit with a £10 “T-charge” to enter central London from next year.

The new toxicity levy was part of a radical package of measures billed by mayor Sadiq Khan as the toughest crackdown on the most polluting vehicles by any major city in the world.

The T-charge would apply to all vehicles, diesel and petrol, with pre-Euro 4 emission standards, broadly those registered before 2005.

It would be imposed on top of the £11.50 congestion charge.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/sadiq-khan-unveils-new-10-pollution-tcharge-which-is-added-on-top-of-the-london-congestion-charge-a3288056.html

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BRADFORD

TWO men appeared at magistrates court today, charged with causing the deaths of a cab driver and his passenger by dangerous driving.

Father-of-three Mirza Malick, 64, who worked for Manningham Taxis, and 55-year-old Paul Hayward, died when their Proton cab was involved in a collision with a BMW and a Range Rover, on the A650 Shipley-Airedale Road, Bradford, on Saturday, January 2.

This morning, Ismail Miah, 23, of Springfield Place, Manningham; and Muhammad Sikder, 27, of Sylhet Close, Manningham; made a brief appearance before District Judge Richard Clews at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court.

They are both charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Miah and Sikder were told the matters were so serious they could only be dealt with at the crown court.

District Judge Clews sent the case to Bradford Crown Court, where the pair will next appear on August 2. Their bail was extended on condition that they live and sleep at the addresses given to the court.

http://goo.gl/BryCyr
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USA, BOSTON

A Boston driver praised for returning $187,000 (£145,150.84) left in the backseat of his taxi has expressed dismay at his $100 reward. The taxi cab driver, identified as Raymond 'Buzzy' MacCausland, was lauded by the Boston Police Department on Tuesday 5 July for returning the large sum of cash on Friday, 1 July.

After dropping off a passenger on Friday afternoon, MacCausland realised there was a backpack in the rear seat of his vehicle, Boston Police said in a statement. While searching for some form of identification, the driver discovered the cash, which he then brought over to the Boston Police Headquarters.

http://goo.gl/FxFYUl

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