Issue 290 - TAXI Newspaper

12 TAXI |3 APRIL 2013 www.ltda.co.uk | @TheLTDA
NEWS
Nothing is better than something
News in brief
People
A bankrupt taxi driver formerly
known as George Devlin has
discovered he is better off with
Nothing Left.
When his skip business went belly
up, taking his two homes with it, and
his wife walked out, the cabbie
decided a swift name change would
better represent his dire situation.
Now the proud owner of a new
licence declaring his real name as
Nothing Left, the 50-year-old is
finding life has taken a turn for
the better.
His new name has raised a laugh
with the police, at the carriage office
and even with gloomy recession
troubled passengers,
who he is finding
more generous
with their tips.
Nothing, of St
Neots, said:
“I had a skip
business and two
homes. I put all
my money in the
business and I lost it
all and my wife left me. I never lost my
sense of humour though; it’s just a bit of
a laugh in bad times. It all seems to be
doom and gloom at the moment but
everyone just laughs when I tell them
my story.
“Bailiffs used to come around chasing
debts but funnily enough there aren’t
many people chasing a guy called
Nothing Left.”
Record numbers of people are
handing over £30 to change their
name by Deed Poll in the UK, mostly
to John Smith, but there are not
many as bizarre as Nothing Left.
Since getting his new bill a month
ago, Mr Left has even been asked to
speak at a business school and
almost reduced police officers taking
a witness statement to tears.
He said: “The
police were
asking me
what’s my
name and I
said ‘Nothing.’
They said ‘you
have to give us
your name,’
which went on
for a while. I
said ‘my name is
The new licence
Nothing Left. You don’t believe me do
you?’ When I showed them my ID they
fell about laughing, and one of them said
“in 12 years as a copper that’s the best
name I have seen.
“You can’t change what’s in front of
you or what’s behind you but you can
have a laugh about it can’t you.”
But now things are looking up in
the cabbie’s life, he says it may not be
Nothing forever.
He said: “I have met a lovely lady
called Sarah and life is better than it was
before. I have decided I’m going to change
my name as life dictates, so if I win the
lottery I’ll change it to Cracked It.”
Bogus cabbie alert
A conman who pretends to be a
taxi driver to get a free ride to
the car pound in Lots Road is
back in action.
The elderly man operates
around the Gloucester Road area
and shows a real badge with the
number 50777 on it. He says he
needs to retrieve his cab from
the pound but has no cash.
Charity boxing
extravaganza
Tickets are on sale for the Lord
Mayor’s annual charity boxing
extravaganza, the Great City
Grand Slam.
Celebrity boxers both past and
present will feature in a bill
which includes a performance
by Britain’s Got Talent winners
Spelbound in Smithfield Market
on May 18.
Tickets range from £35-£65
and are available from the
website http://www.ourtime
promotions.co.uk/ with all
funds going to Lord Mayor’s
appeal charities.
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