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• JERSEY TAXI DRIVERS WELCOME UBER STYLE RATINGS TO WEED OUT POOR PERFORMERS

  This support comes after a new report commissioned by DVS found overwhelmingly negative feedback on the island's taxi service, with 78% of respondents offering negative feedback.

• VIOLENT CO DOWN OFFENDER JAILED FOR ATTACK ON TAXI DRIVER

  Jamie Love (25) of Killyleagh was handed a three-year sentence at Belfast Crown Court on Monday, October 6, for assaulting a taxi driver.

• SHOCKED MUM FLED FROM BARROW CABBIE WEARING BOXERS AND DRUNK AT WHEEL

  Pensioner and taxi driver Geoffrey Thomas Albery was fined and disqualified from driving after being found behind the wheel over the legal alcohol limit and wearing "only his boxer shorts". 

• GLASGOW LICENSING COMMITTEE GRANTS TAXI LICENCE TO DRINK DRIVER

  Police Scotland objected to the application, with an officer telling councillors that the applicant had driven without “due care and attention or without reasonable consideration” for others.

• VEEZU ROLLS OUT NATIONAL ANTI-SPIKING CAMPAIGN AFTER SUCCESSFUL NORWICH PILOT

  The initiative focuses on providing anti-spiking guidance for Veezu drivers, training them to "recognise the warning signs of spiking and respond appropriately to help keep passengers safe." 

• CCTV APPEAL: POLICE SEEK MAN AFTER ASSAULT ON BRADFORD ROAD IN BIRSTALL

  While the driver was reported as "uninjured," the "taxi was damaged" during the event.

• LEVC'S PRE TAX LOSSES WIDEN DESPITE UNDERLYING COST CONTROLS

  According to new accounts filed with Companies House, the company's pre-tax loss ballooned to £179.4m, significantly up from the £75.5m loss reported in 2023.

• TORBAY TAXI DRIVER LOSES LICENCE AFTER ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICER

  The committee heard that the driver, who was not named, had failed to notify the council of her initial arrest and charges within the required 48 hours.

• DRUNKEN FIFE MAN FINED AND TO PAY COMPENSATION FOR THROWING GLASS AT TAXI DRIVER

  Jaymie Wilson, 35, has been ordered to pay a total of £770 after he became aggressive toward a taxi driver, uttered homophobic slurs, and threw a glass at him.

• BOLTON COUNCIL REFUSES PHV DRIVER'S LICENCE RENEWAL OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT

  The details of the allegation stated that the passenger woke up to a horrifying situation: "The passenger passed out in the vehicle, upon coming around, the driver was licking her breasts.

• ROTHERHAM OFFICIALS FLAG SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM OUT-OF-TOWN TAXI DRIVERS

  The officials voiced fears that drivers licensed in other areas can operate in Rotherham, about whom local authorities have "no information." 

• SWANSEA FRESHERS' WEEK CRACKDOWN PULLS UNSAFE TAXIS OFF THE STREETS

  South Wales Police and licensing teams from Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, and Newport councils conducted two operations, stopping over 50 taxis and private hire vehicles to ensure safety.

• STORM AMY: TREE CRASHES DOWN ON BLACKBURN PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE

  A private hire vehicle driver in Blackburn recounted the moment a tree came crashing down onto his car during heavy wind and rain on the afternoon of Friday, October 3.

• KNIFE WIELDING ROBBERY HIGHLIGHTS TIDE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST FIFE AND TAYSIDE CABBIES

  A Fife taxi driver, Kay Rooney, has spoken out about the lasting trauma following a knifepoint robbery by an attacker who was on bail for a similar offence.

• SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR DRUNK WHO RACIALLY ABUSED CABBIE IN BURNLEY

  Thomas Llewellyn, 38, of Warrington, appeared before Preston Magistrates’ Court after admitting to a string of offences committed in Burnley on January 8 this year.

• SEVEN YEARS' JAIL FOR MAN WHO ROBBED CABBIE AT KNIFEPOINT AND DEMANDED HE GET INTO BOOT

  Dale Allison, 43, of Hull, was jailed for seven years and two months after admitting to robbery and causing criminal damage. He pleaded guilty on the day his trial was due to start.

• GETT TEAMS UP WITH EDINBURGH'S OLDEST TAXI FIRM CITY CABS

  The new partnership signals an exciting chapter of growth and a more collaborative future for both companies.

• ADCU WELCOMES LONDON ASSEMBLY MEMBER'S CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT OUR INDUSTRY

  The App Drivers’ and Couriers’ Union (ADCU) has welcomed calls by London Assembly Member and Chair of the London Transport Committee, Elly Baker, for urgent Government action to protect the capital’s private hire and tax

• POLICE SEEK MAN AFTER SERIOUS ASSAULT ON LEWES TAXI DRIVER

  Eastbourne Police have released an image in a public appeal to trace a man in connection with a serious assault on a taxi driver in Lewes on August 16.

• HOSPITAL ORDER FOR MAN WHO STOLE SWANSEA TAXI AND LED POLICE ON DANGEROUS CHASE

  A Swansea court has issued a hospital order for a man who robbed a taxi driver at scissor-point before leading police on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit in the stolen vehicle.