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• SOMERSET SECURES MILLIONS TO EXPAND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK

  The money is specifically earmarked for installing on-street charge points in both urban and rural areas, with a focus on residents who lack off-street parking.

• ABERDEEN COUNCIL CUTS SPEED LIMIT TO 20 MPH WITHOUT NOTICE

  The new rules, aimed at increasing safety and encouraging alternative transport, are not currently enforceable because the council has not yet installed the necessary road signs.

• TAXI MARSHALS DEPLOYED TO SECURE SWINDON NIGHTLIFE

  Swindon has launched a multi-agency effort to enhance public safety at night, introducing taxi marshals, extra police patrols, and a new public spaces protection order.

• BARNSLEY CONSIDERS EXPANDING CCTV PILOT TO SCHOOL TRANSPORT PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES

  The move comes after the council successfully rolled out CCTV in hackney carriages, funded by a £173,500 grant from the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.

• YOUTHS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED KNIFEPOINT ROBBERY OF PAISLEY TAXI DRIVER

  According to police, the victim was approached by the three youths, who allegedly brandished weapons before stealing his wallet.

• HIGH PEAK TAXI ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR CRACKDOWN ON UNLICENSED UBER DRIVERS

  The association argues that the presence of these drivers, who are licensed outside the area, creates an "unfair and unsafe environment" for both local drivers and passengers.

• PASSENGERS EXTRACTED FROM TAXI AFTER TWO CAR COLLISION IN COVENTRY

  Passengers of a taxi were rescued by firefighters using specialised equipment following a two-car crash in the early hours of Sunday morning, 31 August, in the Holbrooks area of Coventry.

• ARREST MADE AFTER NOTTINGHAM UBER DRIVER SUBJECTED TO RACIST ABUSE

  The incident took place around 9.30pm on Saturday, August 30, on Victoria Street when an intoxicated man entered the parked Uber and demanded to be driven.

• TRAFFORD TAXI DRIVER LOSES APPEAL AGAINST LICENCE REVOCATION

  Waqas Pervez, 35, has had his appeal denied after his licence was revoked for attempting an illegal pickup in Manchester.

• RISE IN TAXI INSPECTION FAILURES BRANDED A 'DISGRACE' IN SOUTH AYRSHIRE

  Civic licensing officer Donna Scobie presented the figures to the South Ayrshire Council’s Regulatory Panel, showing a jump in taxi failures from 8% to 36%.

• MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND VANDALISM AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING WATFORD CABBIE

  Jordan Bull, 31, has been charged in connection with the incident that occurred on February 16.

• ENFORCEMENT OPERATION REVEALS HIGH NUMBER OF OUT OF TOWN TAXIS IN BARNSLEY

  The operation, which took place on July 12, was initiated in response to "concerns in relation to the volume of PH and HCVs licensed by other authorities that are working in the town centre

• WEST LOTHIAN TAXI FARES SET TO INCREASE AHEAD OF CHRISTMAS

  The largest proposed rise of 9.5%, could see the cost of a Tariff 3 journey of 10 miles rise by more than £4 over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

• CHESHIRE COUNCILLOR TO FACE SANCTIONS FOR BULLYING AND HARASSING LOCAL CABBIE

  A disciplinary panel found Councillor Simon Boone called the driver, David Edwards, “very childish and unprofessional” and mentioned his membership on CWAC’s licensing committee, which is responsible for granting taxi li

• UTTER CHAOS AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT AS BARRIER ISSUE CAUSES HOUR LONG QUEUES

  A taxi driver, Jamie Westbury, who runs an airport transfer company, described the scene as "manic."

• SEFTON TAXI FARES MAY RISE AMID 'DRIVER SHORTAGES'

  Hackney carriage fares in Sefton are set to be reviewed as representatives of the taxi trade push for increases to combat "rising inflation, running costs and significant driver shortages."

• POWYS FORMER NURSE FINED AFTER FAILING TO PAY £30 TAXI FARE

  A former nurse, Victoria Foster, 31, was fined £20 by magistrates after she admitted to a charge of making off without payment for a £30 taxi fare.

• GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL ORDERS INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF PLATE CAP POLICIES

  In response the ?Scottish Private Hire Association - SPHA have issued the following statement...

• DUNDEE TAXI DRIVERS FACE LICENCE SUSPENSION FOR DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS

  An email sent to drivers on August 25, reminded them they must present a "professional image" at all times, cracking down on concerns some have been working in "football attire," shorts, and tracksuits.

• NORTH TYNESIDE WOMAN GUILTY OF RACIALLY ABUSING TAXI DRIVER

  Paige Harvey, 30, was accused of spitting on the driver, pushing him, and using "horrible, racist language" after a night out in Newcastle.