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- ROGUE READING TAXI / PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER HIT WITH FINE AND DRIVING BAN FOR ILLEGAL PLYING
Talal Bin Mumtaz Raja, from Reading, was found guilty of four offences at Reading Magistrates' Court on April 7, 2025.
- TEENAGE ARMED ROBBER JAILED FOR 30 MONTHS AFTER TARGETING ABERDEEN TAXI DRIVERS
Drug-fuelled Ellis Gardiner pressed a knife into the face of one driver, drawing blood, and robbed another of £50 after brandishing a screwdriver at him.
- DRIVERLESS WAYMO TAXI TRAPS PASSENGERS ON AUSTIN HIGHWAY SPARKING SAFETY FEARS
A ride in a driverless Waymo taxi turned into a "Black Mirror" moment for two passengers in Austin, Texas, after the autonomous vehicle allegedly stopped in a busy merging lane on a notorious highway and locked them insi
- UNION SLAMS SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL'S RECKLESS PERMANENT PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE SIGNAGE PLAN
The GMB union warns the plan could confuse the public, endanger drivers and damage vehicles.
- BRADFORD UBER DRIVER CALLS FOR CCTV AFTER SECOND BRICK ATTACK
Mohammed Khan, 40, was driving along Harrogate Road on 3 April around 8:45pm when a group of youths, some masked, hurled a brick at his car near Sainsbury's.
- MANCHESTER AIRPORT TAXI DRIVER LOSES LICENCE IN POLICE CRACKDOWN
Greater Manchester Police's Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU) teamed up with City of Wolverhampton Council Licensing to conduct checks on over 30 taxi and private hire vehicles.
- BURNLEY MAN AVOIDS JAIL AFTER BRUTAL ASSAULT ON PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER
Reece Rainey appeared at Blackburn Magistrates' Court where he pleaded guilty to assaulting Shabaz Akhtar, leaving the driver with multiple broken teeth and mouth injuries.
- VEEZU EYES YORK EXPANSION WITH OPERATOR LICENCE APPLICATION
e Cardiff-based company, which claims to be "Britain’s fastest growing private hire company," is currently in the process of acquiring local firm Drive Private Hire Ltd, situated on Layerthorpe.
- GLASGOW CABBIE ADMITS ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER MOWING DOWN FRAUDSTER OUTSIDE COURT
In a shocking act of broad daylight revenge, taxi driver Awet Teame, 32, has admitted to attempting to murder a man who had previously defrauded him out of thousands of pounds.
