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SHEFFIELD
A taxi driver was rushed to hospital in the early hours of this morning after his vehicle collided with two lampposts in Sheffield.
It is believed the man, aged in his 30, lost control of the vehicle on Chesterfield Road South in Lowedges at 1.30am and hit two posts.
The driver had become trapped inside and firefighters from Sheffield Central and Lowedges stations had to use specialist equipment to cut him free. He was taken in an ambulance to Sheffield 's Northern General Hospital with suspected neck and back injuries.
There were no passengers in the taxi and no other vehicles were involved.
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COVENTRY
A dodgy taxi driver was caught plying for trade in an unlicensed cab next to the Coventry council offices.
Nisar Bazmi of Blackwell Road, Foleshill, was fined and had points added to his driving licence after pleading guilty to the offence at Coventry Magistrates’ Court.
He admitted a charge of driving, standing or plying for hire when the carriage was not licensed as a public hackney carriage.
Bazmi, 49, who also admitted driving without insurance, had eight points endorsed on his driving licence, was fined £206 and ordered to pay £370 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge.
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