Road Policing Officers from Elgin worked alongside Moray Council Licensing and the DVSA to carry out joint taxi and private hire vehicle checks across Moray, before Christmas.

Rob Finlayson operations manager City Cars Glasgow shares his thoughts.

Blaby District Council licensing officers teamed up with Wolverhampton colleagues, Leicestershire Police and the DVSA to carry out the surprise inspections.

Taxi drivers currently pay £2.00 when using the taxi rank at the airport but this cannot be added to the metered fare and passengers are not charged extra.

Hello drivers, in the early hours of Sunday morning I found this PHV illegally plying for hire.