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• READING PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER'S LICENCE REVOCATION FOR ILLEGAL PLYING UPHELD

  Shabuddin Parvas had appealed a decision by Reading Borough Council to revoke his licence after he was caught operating illegally at the Henley Royal Regatta on July 5, 2024.

• TAXI AND PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE OPERATION IN MILTON KEYNES RESULTS IN SUSPENSION NOTICES

  During the roadside inspection, 36 taxis and PHVs were checked, and 14 vehicles were found to be breaching road traffic and taxi licensing laws.

• ANPR CAMERAS AT MERRY HILL PRIVATE TAXI RANK SPARK CONTROVERSY OVER FINES

  The rank is currently leased by Merry Hill to Triple 20 Taxis, which won the tender in Winter 2023, replacing Waterfront Cars.

• ROYAL BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVES RISE IN DAYTIME TAXI FARES

  Councillors in the Royal Borough have voted in favour of an increase in hackney carriage fares, which was described as "long overdue" and necessary to align prices with the rate of inflation.

• 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.

• HIGH PEAK COUNCIL ISSUES WARNING TO HACKNEY DRIVERS ILLEGALLY RANKING UP IN THE TOWN CENTRE

  Please remember that you are only permitted to wait for customers on authorised taxi ranks and are not permitted to form an ‘illegal rank’ in a non-specified area.

• 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.