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'Don't blame cabbies for getting licensed 80 miles away Mr Burnham. We can't afford to pay what Manchester is asking'

It's now a familiar sight on Greater Manchester's streets - taxis with 'out of town' plates. A recent investigation found that more than a third of private hire drivers - who work for companies like Uber - are actually licensed by Wolves Council, who operate 80 miles away.
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Jonathan Ross say he's to blame for making BBC 'boring' after 2008 Sachsgate scandal
Jonathan Ross says he’s to blame for making the BBC so boring.The chat show host, 61, claimed his 2008 Sachsgate scandal with Russell Brand, 47, on Radio 2 has turned the station dull and petrified of taking risks.Ross, who hosted a show on Radio 2 for 10 years, admits he now rarely tunes in.READ MORE: Jonathan Ross recalls terrifying experience with 'demonic' and 'possessed' dollHe ranted: “I wish it was a little bit more interesting.“A lot of the time it feels like they don’t take risks any more, which they used to.“Obviously I’m part of the reason they don’t do that any more because of the huge c**k-up of me and Russell on his show.“It’s one of the reasons they allowed themselves to be beaten back into a position of: ‘Oh, don’t take risks, don’t take chances.’“To an extent I sympathise with that, but at the same time that’s why I don’t listen to a lot.”He and Russell Brand, 47, created uproar on October 18, 2008, when they rang national treasure Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs – 78 at the time – to taunt him about Brand having slept with his granddaughter Georgina Baillie.The BBC sacked Brand and suspended Ross for three months, and was fined £150,000 by the regulator Ofcom.The BBC has been hit with a string of recent accusations in the past year that beloved comedies including Absolutely Fabulous would “never get made today” due to fear of the woke mob’s reaction.The corporation has also been ridiculed for slapping ‘trigger warnings’ on old comedies including ’Allo ’Allo! And removing episodes of others from its streaming services.It’s also been hit with a talent drain, with Paul O’Grady, 67, the latest big name to leave Radio 2’s weekday schedule.Steve Wright and Vanessa Feltz are also out the door.Sachsgate grew
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Netflix's Most Hated Man On The Internet still takes no blame in revenge porn scheme
Netflix's The Most Hates Man On The Internet still takes no blame for the revenge porn scheme which saw him sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison.Hunter Moore, 36, owned the revenge porn website Is Anyone Up?, which was live from 2010 until 2012, when it was sold to an anti-bullying group.The new three-part Netflix documentary, which dropped on Wednesday (July 27), tells the story of the website and how separate groups of people took Hunter down.READ MORE: Who is Hunter Moore? Meet ‘life ruiner’ from Netflix The Most Hated Man on the InternetWhen he was eventually taken down, he was sentenced to two years and six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony charges of aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting in the unauthorised access of a computer.He was also handed a $2,000 (£1,651) fine and $145.70 (£121) in restitution, before serving his time and being released in May 2017.Despite going to prison, it appears Hunter still takes no blame in the destruction his old website caused.In April 2022, when VICE released their own documentary about him, he released a statement on Twitter.He told his 5,200 followers: "So yesterday VICE made a little documentary and uploaded on their YouTube channel making me look evil, why not mention on the good s*** I've done, I donated thousands of dollars, did charity events, saved hundreds of animals lives."I mean I just created a platform and the one who posted on my site was your loved one back then, so why blame me and not your partner who you trusted?"The statement went on: "Look guys, I did my time behind bars. Living my life peacefully now, it's been a decade about what happened."Some of you loved me and most of you hated me.
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