No wonder there’s a flap over Big Brother’s ears

Are we going too far with our nanny state? Possibly, according to our columnist!

Oxford City Council has announced that from April next year all taxis will be fitted with cameras that record both sound and vision.

The equipment will monitor drivers throughout a shift and record the conversations of passengers and has been brought in because of an increase in attacks on drivers and allegations about their conduct.

Mick Gradwell is a regular columnist for the Lancashire Evening Post