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Bury St Edmunds taxi drivers sceptical about electric push

BBC News 22 Mar 2025
A new report has suggested that all taxis licensed in Suffolk from 2026 onward should be electric. But the same report concluded that a lack of charging points would be a barrier. What do Hackney carriage drivers in Bury St Edmunds think? ... He continued.
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Why a global cultural icon and beloved London institution could be extinct in just 20 ...

The Daily Mail 19 Mar 2025
They remain one of the most iconic and most-loved sights of London life, with their roots in the horse-drawn hackney carriages of Tudor times ... Hackney carriages on the road looking south down Regent Street in London in 1860.
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London’s black cabs destined for extinction in 20 years, TfL warned

AOL 19 Mar 2025
Related ... Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, played down the prospects of the taxis, officially known as Hackney carriages – first licensed in 1662, in horse-drawn form – disappearing from London’s streets ... .
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