Northerner
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
AN insulin-dependent diabetic has criticised council chiefs after a dispute over his taxi licence, insisting he is fit enough to drive for a living.
Dennis Walton, from Darlington, stopped driving his taxi more than five years ago, after he started using insulin to control his condition.
The 57-year-old claims he is being denied the chance to work and says he has been unable to renew his Hackney carriage licence with Darlington Borough Council. Mr Walton receives no benefits and has lived off his savings since his taxi expired.
Although he claims his licence was revoked, the council insists this is not the case and Mr Walton?s licence was simply not renewed when it expired in January 2008.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...Council_criticised_over_taxi_licence_wrangle/
So, does he have proof it was revoked? Or can he just renew it? Who knows!🙄
Dennis Walton, from Darlington, stopped driving his taxi more than five years ago, after he started using insulin to control his condition.
The 57-year-old claims he is being denied the chance to work and says he has been unable to renew his Hackney carriage licence with Darlington Borough Council. Mr Walton receives no benefits and has lived off his savings since his taxi expired.
Although he claims his licence was revoked, the council insists this is not the case and Mr Walton?s licence was simply not renewed when it expired in January 2008.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...Council_criticised_over_taxi_licence_wrangle/
So, does he have proof it was revoked? Or can he just renew it? Who knows!🙄