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Mum ordered £4,500 Uber to Ukraine after 'one too many drinks'

She was saved by not having enough funds in her account

Wales Online

Mum, 34, orders £4.5k Uber from Salford to 'help Ukraine' after 'one too many double pink gins and shots of Sambuca'

Leoni Fildes was only saved from the 1,700-mile trip by having 'insufficient funds' - and claims Uber tried nine times to take the payment

Manchester Evening News

Mum orders £4,500 Uber to Ukraine after doing shots on night out

After going out for drinks with friends, Leoni Fildes thought the trip seemed like a good idea

Liverpool Echo

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Mum orders £4,500 Uber to Ukraine 'to help' after having one too many pink gins

A mum has claimed she ordered an Uber to Ukraine as she wanted to 'help out' after having 'one too many drinks' but was saved from the £4,500 bill as she had 'insufficient funds'

Daily Mirror

'Joys of being a grandmother' gone as woman's back broken in crash

The gymnastics coach and Uber driver ran a stop sign and caused a collision, which resulted in the victim's car leaving the road and hitting a unit complex.

The Canberra Times

Lyft, GrubHub Follow Uber, Boost Gig Driver Pay

Lyft Inc(NASDAQ:LYFT) admitted adding a temporary surcharge on its rides to help drivers deal with surging gas prices, CNBC reports. The Uber Technologies Inc(NYSE:UBER) competitor did not elaborate much on surcharge. Food-delivery marketplace GrubHub Inc (NASDAQ:GRUB) also boosted the pay for its gig drivers, Bloomberg reports. Related Content: Uber Adds Surcharge To Help Drivers Bear…

Benzinga

Dublin taxis turned into moving art gallery by NCAD students

Each of the Uber taxis takes inspiration from different parts of Dublin, including famous landmarks, ancient art, and one dedicated to James Joyce

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Uber to let people book taxis with Greater Manchester cab firms to cope with 'high demand'

The company says it will take a 'small service fee' on each trip

Manchester Evening News

Uber to hike taxi prices by 20% from today after court ordered it to pass on VAT

Taxi hire apps like Uber are going to have to increase their rates from 11.59pm tonight due to a legal change, but how much extra you will pay depends on which city you live in

Daily Mirror

Petrol ‘shock’ prompts Uber, DiDi and Australia Post to raise prices

Australians are paying more for Ubers and postage as record-high petrol prices prompt big businesses to slug consumers with painful new fuel surcharges.

The New Daily

Contractor status keeps rideshare drivers’ pay below minimum wage, report says

The study by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said the average rideshare driver in Chicago could earn substantially more money if classified as an employee.

Chicago Sun-Times

Uber Adds Fuel Surcharge Amid Soaring Gas Prices

Hopefully, that's a temporary move.

Motor1

Uber raises prices to keep up with gas costs — but not in NYC

Uber prices are getting pumped up.

Tribune News Service

Uber charging customers new fuel fee for rides, delivery

Citing record-high prices for gasoline, Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and delivery drivers

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The Independent UK

Uber fares to rise in UK as 20% VAT applied

The change comes just two weeks after TFL increased prices for transport across England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Uber fares to rise in UK as 20% VAT rate is applied

Change comes after high court ruling that Uber should be regarded as a contractor, not an agent

The Guardian - US

‘Insidious and seductive’: Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers

Flex seeks to defend gig companies’ business models amid push to pass laws that would defend workers’ right to unionize and strike

Daily Mirror

Uber driver gets wedged in crevice after blindly following sat-nav through countryside

When he ordered his sat nav to take him back in the direction of the A62, the machine directed its driver through darkness and down a steep path across the Saddleworth Moor

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Female Participation in Saudi Workforce Rises to 36%

A recent study has revealed an increase in women’s participation in the workforce by 36 percent over the past year. The study sought to measure the impact of the Female Transportation Program (Wusool), which was launched in 2017 by the Saudi Fund for Human Resources Development (Hadaf) and Uber Company,…

The Guardian - US

‘It’s not worth it’: rising gas prices force drivers to work for less than minimum wage

Drivers already hit by low wages and poor working conditions are spending more time driving to keep their wages the same

Salon

It's a--hole season on TV

Current ripped-from-the-headlines programming showcases unrepentant a**holes. Are they critiques or glorification?

Manchester Evening News

Uber driver forced to abandon car on rocky hillside after satnav took him down impassable track

'It's amazing the driver got that far'

Evening Standard

Why Uber is plugging £5m into 700 new electric charge points across London

People across London are increasingly thinking about when they should make the switch to an electric vehicle, if they haven’t already. Given the significantly lower running costs and the need to improve air quality, it is now accepted that the future of our roads is electric.

Evening Standard

Over 700 new electric charge points in London in £5m deal with Uber

More than 700 electric vehicle chargers are to be installed in three London boroughs in a £5 million investment funded by Uber.

Benzinga

Uber Stock Rallies, But Barely Clings To Support: What's Next?

Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) shares were trading higher Tuesday following a Wall Street Journal report indicating the company is launching a campaign to head off Democratic efforts to classify its workers as employees, which would allow them to form unions.

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