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• JOINT SAFETY OPERATION TARGETS PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES IN LEAMINGTON

  Warwick District Council’s licensing team recently collaborated with the City of Wolverhampton's Compliance Department to conduct inspections on 27 PHVs operating in Leamington.

• NEWPORT CABBIE ORDERED TO REPAY £128,000 AFTER BEING CAUGHT WITH COCAINE IN HIS CAB

  Mohammed Yamin, 55, a taxi driver from Newport, has been ordered to pay back £128,409 after being caught transporting 2kg of "high-purity cocaine" in his cab.

• TELFORD AND WREKIN OFFICERS GIVEN POWER TO INSPECT WOLVERHAMPTON LICENSED TAXIS AND PHVS

  The power allows Telford's licensing officers to stop and, if necessary, suspend any Wolverhampton-licensed vehicles "that are found to be unsafe or potentially dangerous."

• EDINBURGH TAXI DRIVER FINED AFTER RUNNING RED LIGHT AND HITTING CHILD

  Duncan Beattie, 77, pleaded guilty to driving without "due care and attention" after striking a four-year-old child at a pedestrian crossing.

• PARTIALLY SIGHTED MAN SCARED TO BOOK TAXIS AFTER GUIDE DOG INCIDENT IN SWINDON

  Mr. Willder booked a night-time taxi from Veezu and described the driver’s initial reaction: "He refused and said, 'I'm not allowing any dogs into my car'." 

• KNIFEPOINT ROBBER SENTENCED TO 76 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR ASSAULTING CABBIE IN WORCESTER

  Paul Sheward, 38, has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison at Worcester Crown Court for a knifepoint robbery and assault on a taxi driver.

• DARLINGTON TAXI AND PRIVATE HIRE DRIVERS BACK INTERNAL CCTV CAMERAS

  A recent public survey on Darlington Borough Council's updated taxi policy found that "64% of respondents backed installing cameras."

• WEST LOTHIAN TAXI FARES TO RISE BEFORE FESTIVE SEASON

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

• OXFORDSHIRE CABBIES FURIOUS ABOUT WITNEY'S HIGH STREET PLANS AND LOSING FOUR RANK SPACES

  Taxi drivers in Witney are "furious" about the Oxfordshire County Council's proposed Witney "highway improvements" scheme, specifically the plan to drastically reduce the main taxi rank in Market Square.

• CABBIE ARRESTED ON DRUGS CHARGES AFTER POLICE PURSUIT IN ST HELENS

  The incident began around 11pm when officers attempted to stop a Kia Niro taxi that drove through a road closure at the junction of Bold Lane and Broad Lane.

• TAXI AND PHV CRACKDOWN IN YORK LEADS TO SEVEN SUSPENSIONS AND DOZENS OF TICKETS

  The operation, part of the upcoming 'Dark Nights' initiative to improve road safety, focused on targeted checks of taxis and PHVs travelling to and from the city.

• UNLICENSED MIDDLESBROUGH TAXI DRIVER JAILED FOR DECADES OVER SEXUAL OFFENCES

  Edwin Youll, a 63-year-old unlicensed taxi driver from Normanby, has been sentenced to 32 years in prison at Teesside Crown Court on monday 13 October, for a string of violent sexual offences.

• MAN GRANTED TAXI DRIVER'S LICENCE BY NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL DESPITE SPEEDING CONVICTION

  Police Scotland objected to the application, stating they felt Scot Craig was “not a fit and proper person” for the role.

• MAIDSTONE TAXI FARES TO RISE, MAKING SHORT TRIPS COST ABOUT £9

  The council plans to increase the flag-down fee during the day by 60p, moving it from £3.20 to £3.80. At night and on Sundays, the initial fee will rise to £5.70.

• TWO ARRESTED FOLLOWING ROBBERY AND THREAT AGAINST ABERDEEN TAXI DRIVER

  During the robbery, the 59-year-old driver was threatened, chased out of his car, and had his work mobile phone stolen, which was later recovered.

• TAXI DRIVERS CRITICISE NCP OVER PARKING CHARGE ISSUES AT GATWICK AIRPORT

  The drivers allege that fines result from NCP's "own system" and "terrible" camera recognition.

• WELL DONE TO JOHN IGOE AND HIS TEAM AT MI TAXIS

  They received a certificate of appreciation from the Mayor of Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council thanking them for all the free work they do supporting their local community

• BREAKING NEWS: TRANSPORT COMMITTEE RELEASES ITS AGENDA

  The Transport Committee has released its agenda for the first panel session on Wednesday 15 October.

• WOLVERHAMPTON COUNCIL CHANGES THAT AFFECT ALL LICENSED VEHICLES AND INSPECTION PROCEDURES

  These changes will be effective immediately

• CALLING ALL OPERATORS & TAXI/PH DRIVERS LICENSED BY WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS COUNCIL

  The 6-week community conversation marks the beginning of a journey to bring together services following Local Government Reorganisation in 2023 which joined 4 councils under a single authority.