More than 30 taxi vehicles in Southampton have been targeted by vandals in what has been described as "ongoing and escalating vandalism."

Wolverhampton Licensing working with GM Police & BTP were on a joint licensing operation in Manchester City Centre, checking PHVs at Shudehill Station and Victoria & Piccadilly train Stations.

West Midlands police officers on Operation Tramline patrol, saw this private hire vehicle being driven in an unprofessional manner.

The incident occurred on January 20 last year in Lincoln Road, Millfield, when 36-year-old Omar Afzal spotted the victim in a taxi.

The driver said the "hooligans" ultimately smashed the rear window of his car while he was driving two passengers, whom he described as being "in their sixties."

Cabbies and residents speak ahead of a Hartlepool council committee meeting that will consider a proposal to change the long-standing yellow colour requirement for the borough's taxis.

A recent Barnsley Council consultation showed a majority of respondents backed proposals to expand the use of CCTV to private hire vehicles used for home-to-school transport.

A 49-year-old woman has been arrested and charged following an alleged incident where a taxi driver was 'threatened with a glass bottle' in Clydebank.