Ever wondered where cabbies chill out, exchange anecdotes, share stories they’ve overheard in the back of their cab, warm up and have a cuppa? Well, the answer is within their cabmen's shelters. For those of you that know London well you may well have seen the cabbie’s shelters dotted around the city and wondered what these green huts are used for. There are 12 green huts dotted around central London built by the Cabmen's Shelter Fund (established in 1875). They were once par

The wonderful people at the Russell Square cab shelter are laying on a free Christmas lunch for homeless and lonely war veterans and are appealing for donations and support from the cab trade. Personally, I feel like loneliness is a blight on our modern society. Far too many older people are isolated and don’t have anybody to talk to, which must be exacerbated at Christmas time, when family and friends become the focus. This makes the sort of service provided by Kate and Jude

This year, thanks to a generous donation from The Taxi Charity, Russell Square Shelter Keeper, Katie Simmonds, will be serving free Christmas lunches to homeless or lonely veterans. On 18 December, the Russell Square Cab Shelter will be serving a roast Christmas dinner with all the trimmings between 10am and 10pm to the homeless. This will be the fourth year that Shelter Keeper, Katie Simmonds, has supported the homeless at Christmas but the first time she is specifically loo