Here are Belfast's black taxi drivers as you've never seen them before - in the buff.

The men from the West Belfast Taxi Association (WBTA) will be driving women wild with their saucy naked poses.

But it's all being done in the name of charity as the cabbies are baring all for a new Christmas calendar to raise money for the Northern Ireland Hospice.

Up to 20 drivers took part in the photo-shoot, including three women who posed together in Halloween costumes for the month of October.

But for the male drivers, it was a different story. According to WBTA manager Stephen Long, they were only too happy to get their kits off.

"We thought about doing it last year, but we left it too late so we decided to go ahead with the calendar this year.

"Many of us have lost loved ones so we wanted to do something for the hospice and something that would be quite novel.

"When we put the feelers out, we were inundated with offers from volunteers.

"I thought they'd be too embarrassed, but not at all.

"In fact, one driver, whose name I won't mention, had stripped off down to his boxers before the photo shoot had even started."

In some pictures several drivers teamed up for a month, while most of the shots just feature one cabbie.

Stephen said: "Because it's for charity and because it was such great craic doing it, any embarrassment we felt just went out the window.

"At the end of the day, it's for a good cause and hopefully will raise some money."

Stephen said he chose the month of January because it's his birthday month.

"I think the sauciest pictures are probably mine and April's," he said.

"But you'll just have to buy the calendar to see the rest."

The WBTA calendar is available for £6 from the association's offices at 35a King Street, Belfast.
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