‘Vampire’ catfish which can swim up man’s urethra use larger host fish as Amazon water taxis

Notorious ‘vampire’ catfish which crave blood and can swim up a man’s URETHRA travel through the Amazon river by using larger host fish as ‘water taxis’, study finds A new study suggests vampire fish attach themselves to a larger host to navigate the difficult waters of the Amazon river In April 2019, researchers saw several … Read more

First fleet of driverless taxis is launching in Beijing with rides costing $4.60 

A leading Chinese Internet company rolled out a fleet of fully driverless robot taxis on Sunday. Ten Apollo Go Robotaxis started picking up passengers in west Beijing, charging  approximately $4.60 per ride. Developed by Baidu, they’re the first paid autonomous taxis in China that don’t have a safety driver behind the steering wheel. The vehicles … Read more

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker gets £200-a-time round trip taxis between home and Manchester studio

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker gets £200-a-time round trip taxis between his Sheffield home and Manchester studios despite rubbishing the claims as fake news The 44-year-old angrily denied a report on the taxis in a Sunday tabloid last year It claimed he used BBC licence payers’ money for the £200-a-time round trip  Taking to Twitter, the … Read more

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker gets £200-a-time round trip taxis between home and Manchester studio

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker gets £200-a-time round trip taxis between his Sheffield home and Manchester studios despite rubbishing the claims as fake news The 44-year-old angrily denied a report on the taxis in a Sunday tabloid last year It claimed he used BBC licence payers’ money for the £200-a-time round trip  Taking to Twitter, the … Read more

Transport: Flying taxis could take tourists to 100ft landing towers in Italy to dine

Advances in electric motors, battery technology and autonomous software has triggered an explosion in the field of electric air taxis. Larry Page, CEO of Google parent company Alphabet , has poured millions into aviation start-ups Zee Aero and Kitty Hawk, which are both striving to create all-electric flying cabs. Kitty Hawk is believed to be … Read more

Rolls-Royce’s air-speed record bid to pave way for flying taxis

Rolls-Royce planning to use attempt on world all-electric air-speed record as launchpad to develop flying taxis By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 Rolls-Royce is planning to use its attempt on the world all-electric air-speed record this year as a launchpad to … Read more

Air taxis to fill the skies over Florida following the construction of 10 ‘vertiports’

Air taxis to fill the skies over Florida following the construction of 10 ‘vertiports’ across the state for the aircraft powered by 36 jet engines with 186 mile range German aviation firm Lilium is opening 10 air taxi hubs across Florida The hubs will be built by Ferrovial SE, a Spanish infrastructure company The first … Read more

BBC blew £350,000 of licence-fee payers’ cash on unused taxis, train fares and hotel stays

The BBC has been slammed for blowing an eye-watering £350,000 on unused taxis, train fares and hotel stays in the last five years alone, figures have revealed.  The broadcaster spent more than £273,000 on 5,455 train tickets, £64,800 on 600 hotel rooms and £25,000 on 1,631 taxi journeys – all of which were unused by its globetrotting staff. The BBC … Read more

BBC blew £350,000 of licence-fee payers’ cash on unused taxis, train fares and hotel stays

The BBC has been slammed for blowing an eye-watering £350,000 on unused taxis, train fares and hotel stays in the last five years alone, figures have revealed.  The broadcaster spent more than £273,000 on 5,455 train tickets, £64,800 on 600 hotel rooms and £25,000 on 1,631 taxi journeys – all of which were unused by its globetrotting staff. The BBC … Read more

Death of the black cab? Fifth of all London taxis are now off the road after passengers ‘evaporated’

A fifth of all black cabs in London have been taken off the road with hundreds stored on farmer’s fields and drivers on ‘starvation wages’ after passengers ‘evaporated’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, research has revealed.  The number of taxis licensed in the capital plummeted from 18,900 on June 7 to 15,000 on November 8, according … Read more