Chauffeur driven limo collects Pink Floyd guitarist’s son from jail

November 16, 2011 By Trudi Johnson
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Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, left prison in the back of a chauffeur driven limo this week after serving a quarter of his sentence for violent disorder during the December student fee demo.

The 65-year-old guitarist was thought to be waiting inside the chauffeur driven Mercedes when 21-year-old Charlie was seen leaving the medium security Wayland Prison near Thetford, Norfolk.

The luxury car took the reunited party to the family’s mansion home in Sussex where the Cambridge student must keep to a strict curfew for the next four months while he’s electronically tagged. After the four months are up, he will serve the last half of his jail sentence on probation.

The adopted son of the Pink Floyd star was jailed in July for 16 months after pleading guilty to the charge of violent disorder during the student riots of last December. Charlie Gilmour was photographed swinging from the Cenotaph Union flag, and also hurled a bin at the passing Rolls Royce carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Following his release from the Norfolk prison, Cambridge University, where the 21-year-old was studying for a degree in history, will decide whether or not to allow Charlie to return to his studies. The son of the Pink Floyd guitarist has been released after serving just a quarter of his 16-month jail term.

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Marilyn Manson limo prank in Vegas

November 4, 2011 By Dez Rowley
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Marilyn Manson succeeded in rubbing a Las Vegas limo chauffeur up the wrong way over the weekend when he attempted to jokingly hijack the stretch limo while the driver took a phone call on his mobile.

The goth rocker was in high spirits as he attended a Halloween party at The Bank Nightclub in Vegas before hitting a karaoke bar at 4am. His choice of karaoke song also raised a few eyebrows as according to newspaper reports, the singer insisted on singing Justin Timberlake’s Cry Me a River no less than six times.

After downing multiple shots of absinthe and causing the karaoke bar’s PA system to crackle after rocking out to Justin Timberlake, the 42-year-old front man decided to head back to the Las Vegas strip, but when he left the bar, his chauffeur driven car was nowhere to be seen.

Instead of waiting patiently or calling his chauffeur to see what the holdup was, in true rock star fashion Marilyn Manson decided to pretend to hijack a chauffeur driven limousine waiting to collect someone else. As the chauffeur got out of the limo to take a call on his mobile, Marilyn hopped into the driving seat, although the driver was quick to spot the rocker and quickly dragged him out of the limo, it was reported.

Luckily, the singer’s actual chauffeur driven limo wasn’t far behind and he quickly jumped in the vehicle and was driven off to continue partying with his gang of friends, although Marilyn Manson did attempt to apologise to the chauffeur he’d riled, shouting out of the window as he was driven away that he was sorry before adding but “I’m a rock star!”

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Woman stole black limo in Las Vegas to annoy the police

October 21, 2011 By Trudi Johnson
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A 40-year-old woman stole a black limousine from the valet area of a Las Vegas hotel to get the attention of the Metro Police, it has been alleged.

The flame haired woman reportedly hopped inside the black limousine as it was parked in the valet spot with its keys in the ignition outside of the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The female, named as Monica Denicali, then proceeded to drive off in the limo taking it for a joyride around the Vegas highways.

The police tracked the stolen limo down and pursued the vehicle with their sirens blaring in an attempt to get the woman to pull over. However instead of giving herself in during the police pursuit, Ms Denicali proceeded to throw herself from the moving limo and attempted to make a getaway from the police on foot.

However the woman’s attempt at fleeing the scene of the crime was unsuccessful as she was quickly captured by the authorities and arrested in connection with grand larceny auto.

On the arrest report, one of the reasons stated for the theft of the limo by the defendant was that she did it because she’d been “harassed by the Metro for years”. However upon appearing in court, the authorities discovered that Ms Denicali had violated her prohibition and would be sent back to prison.

The black limo has been returned to its rightful owner undamaged.

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Rolls Royce limo once owned by Princess Margaret to go under the hammer

June 10, 2011 By Carl Wheeler
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A Rolls Royce limousine once owned by Princess Margaret and also Burt Reynolds is due to go under the hammer at a forthcoming Bonhams car auction.

The vintage Rolls Royce limo was made to order for the Queen’s sister in 1975, but was later taken to the US when it was purchased by Donald Kerr who then sold the vehicle to the American actor, Burt Reynolds who owned the car for several year, but is thought to have never used it on the open road. In 1988 the limo was then bought by a British stock broker who brought the vehicle back to the UK.

The 1975 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow will go under the hammer at the Bonhams auction on June 18th at Rockingham Castle in Leicestershire and is expected to fetch between £20,000 –£22,000. The limo now has 75,000 miles on the clock and comes with a 100 pages worth of services documents and other correspondence letters connected to the car.

The limo was made to Princess Margaret’s personal requirements with extra soft comfortable seats, as requested by the princess, and also a raised rear floor level to allow the Queen’s sister to enter and exit the luxury limo gracefully. The Rolls Royce features distinctive Cardinal Red paintwork with a contrast gold coachline on the exterior.

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Simon Cowell eyes up Obama’s limousine

May 27, 2011 By Kate Owen
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X Factor boss Simon Cowell was so impressed by President Barack Obama’s armoured limo during his recent visit to the UK and Ireland that the music mogul has reportedly asked to have his own bomb proof Cadillac especially made.

Simon Cowell’s spokesperson, the well known celebrity publicist Max Clifford, spoke out this week to confirm that the multi millionaire has enquired into the possibility of commissioning his own armoured limousine, just like the President of America.

Obama’s limo, known as The Beast, was shipped over to the UK from the States ahead of the President’s recent visit to the British Isles. The limo was made especially for the President and features a whole raft of high tech safety details including an armoured fuel tank, puncture resistant tyres, bullet proof glass, and much of the vehicle is covered in military grade armour.

If Simon Cowell has already placed hire order for his very own Beast limo, he’ll have quite a while to wait as the limousine will take months, maybe even up to a year, to complete.

Despite offering a level safety unrivalled by other limos, the Beast did get into a spot of bother during the President’s trip to Ireland when the Cadillac got stuck on a speed bump. Luckily, Obama’s blushes were spared as he wasn’t actually travelling onboard at the time.

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Cost of chauffeur driven limos for Welsh A.M’s is revealed

September 12, 2009 By Kate Owen
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More details have emerged regarding the cost of Labour and Plaid Cymru’s chauffeur driven limos. During the course of 2008/09 the Labour-Plaid Cymru administration racked up a bill of £216,461 for chauffeur’s wages. When travelling across the country to attend official engagements the AM’s are given the use of a government limo and chauffeur however many are calling for a reduction of this kind of travel.

Opposition leaders are up in arms as the figure shows a significant increase on the previous period of 2007/08 when the total cost of this luxury transport stood at £144,190. This over reliance on chauffeur driven transport for Welsh ministers has lead Welsh Conservative Leader Nick Bourne to speak out. He suggests the AM’s are guilty of hypocrisy as these same ministers have been encouraging the general public to give up their own vehicles and make use of public transport in order to reduce co2 emissions. Mr Bourne summed up his point by saying: “Not only are Labour and Plaid ministers driving more, they’re paying more for the pleasure.”

Another alarming discovery which was uncovered following the release of the recent figures is that, as Mr Bourne said, Ministers are in fact travelling more. In 2008 they clocked up 214,376 miles which shows a 50% increase in the amount travelled the previous year.

In a previous article on Limo Broker News we reported that the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Kirsty Williams, had suggested ministers utilise the use of video conferencing in order to reduce the amount of travel required to attend meetings across the country. This is a viable option and one which ministers are considering in order to lower transport costs.

Government spending has come under incredible scrutiny following the MP expense claim scandal revealed in the Telegraph earlier this year. Potentially, government officials may have to wave goodbye to their chauffeur driven limos if they are restore public confidence.

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Aberdeen Limo Hire Operator Must Remove ‘Hannah Montana’ Lettering and Picture from Pink Limo

July 22, 2009 By Trudi Johnson

Hannah Montana LimoLimo hire operator based in Aberdeen has spent three days removing lettering and a picture of the successful Disney franchise star from a pink Lincoln limousine after Aberdeenshire Council has ordered  to remove stickers featuring Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus or face failing a private hire test today.

John Cook, 62, who runs the Westhill-based firm with his wife Veronica, 67, who runs Aberdeen based limousine hire company, Hollywood Cars said: “There are a lot of disappointed lassies. I’ve had five phone calls this afternoon from people asking if we are going to have the stickers again.

“The kids loved standing beside the photo of Hannah. It’s like it’s one of their pals,” added Mr Cook, of Braecroft Avenue, Westhill.

A spokeswoman for Aberdeenshire Council said: “All limousines must have permission to display lettering on their vehicles. This is the case with all private hire vehicles and taxis that can carry up to eight passengers.

“If a limousine owner wishes to display lettering they must submit a request to the taxi licensing office of the council.

“If this complies with the guidelines permission can be issued by officers. If it is outside the scope of the guidelines it will be considered at the next meeting of the licensing sub-committee.

“If a vehicle has lettering and no request has been submitted or approved that vehicle will not pass the taxi and private hires vehicle test.”

John has said that he intends to write to Aberdeenshire Council to ask for the necessary permission.

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