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• WARWICK SAFETY BLITZ PULLS FAULTY TAXIS OFF THE ROAD DURING SURPRISE INSPECTIONS

  During the operation on Thursday 13 February 2026, a total of 53 licensed private hire and hackney carriage vehicles were inspected to ensure they were safe and legal for passengers.

• BARNSLEY TAXI CCTV TRIAL COULD OPEN DOORS FOR MORE FUNDING FOLLOWING SAFETY SUCCESS

  Members of the Barnsley Town Board are set to receive an update on the scheme, which provided recording equipment to hackney carriages through the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.

• CABBIE WINS TRIBUNAL AFTER PETERHEAD COMPANY TOOK £500 EXCESS FROM WAGES FOLLOWING CRASH

  Fraser Allan, who worked for Central Taxis (North East) Ltd, took the firm to an employment tribunal after they began taking £100 a month from his pay following a crash in June 2024.

• NEW DRIVER JAILED AFTER SPEEDING STUNTS LEAD TO MULTI-CAR PILE -UP AND DEATH OF CABBIE

  Liberty Mitchell, of Chipping Norton, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving without insurance following the December 2022 crash on the B4425 in Gloucestershire.

• LONDON PH DRIVERS HOLD MOTORCADE PROTEST DEMANDING TFL REGULATION OF UBER AND SIMILAR OPERATORS

  The protest was organised by members of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) to demand that Transport for London introduce stronger regulation of ride-hailing companies.

• FREENOW BY LYFT RECOGNISES OUTSTANDING BLACK CAB DRIVERS AT DRIVER RECOGNITION EVENT

  The event recognises drivers across three categories: Driver of the Year, Legacy Driver and Driver’s Driver.

• LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL GRANTS UBER A PRIVATE HIRE OPERATOR LICENCE

  Lancaster City Council has granted a private hire operator’s licence to Uber Britannia Ltd despite denying earlier in the week that they had applied for a licence.

• JAIL FOR PAIR OF COVENTRY BURGLARS WHO HIJACKED TAXI AND THREATENED TO STAB DRIVER

  Ian Giles 51 and Jason Dalton 37 stole cars and burgled houses across the city, threatening and assaulting anyone who tried to stop them.

• CABBIE FORCED TO LEAP FROM MOVING TAXI DURING TERRIFYING HANLEY KNIFEPOINT ROBBERY

  James Whitehouse, 29, has been jailed for 42 months after he and an accomplice targeted the driver as he sat parked near The Golden Cup pub last February.

• CUMBRIA MP SLAMS UBER FOR THREATENING LOCAL CABBIES' LIVELIHOODS

  Local taxi drivers in south Cumbria are facing an uncertain future as out-of-town Uber drivers continue to move into the region, according to Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron.

• PRESTON MAN DETAINED IN HOSPITAL AFTER STABBING AND ROBBING TAXI DRIVER

  Philip Dookie, who is of no fixed abode, admitted to stabbing and robbing the driver during the incident on Holland House Way last February.

• LONDON CAB DRIVERS CLASH WITH DRIVERLESS CAR GIANT WAYMO OVER ELECTRIC CHARGING BAYS

  The dispute has become so heated that some frustrated cabbies have reportedly taken matters into their own hands by manually cancelling the charging sessions of the "robocars."

• FUGITIVE FAKE CABBIE JAILED AFTER FOUR YEARS ON THE RUN FOR GLASGOW SEXUAL ASSAULT

  Abdul Samad, 43, was sentenced to 29 months behind bars on Thursday, February 12, after being apprehended at Heathrow Airport last month.

• TEIGNBRIDGE SET TO DECIDE ON 10 PER CENT HIKE FOR TAXI FARES

  If the licensing committee approves the change, a standard five-mile daytime journey will climb to £15.62, rising from the current rate of £14.30.

• TWO IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING BRUTAL LATE NIGHT ATTACK ON NEWCASTLE CABBIE

  Stacey Lee Dodds, 36, and William Keith Allen, 46, were arrested after the driver was targeted for his cash takings in the Walker area during the early hours of Friday, January 30.

• POLICE HUNT FOR MAN AFTER HE DAMAGED BARNSLEY TAXI AND RACIALLY ABUSED THE DRIVER

  Officers are searching for a man who reportedly attacked a vehicle in the early hours of Saturday, 17 January, causing "extensive damage" while shouting racist slurs at the driver.

• GUERNSEY LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR NEW WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TAXI DRIVERS

  Driver & Vehicle Licensing (DVL) has opened applications for those interested in obtaining a specialised licence to help improve travel options for passengers with disabilities.

• 16 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR RACIST THUG WHO STAGED TERRIFYING MOCK BOMB COUNTDOWN IN LEEDS

  Aaran Barden, 33, of no fixed abode, carried out a series of vile attacks in Middleton last August, beginning with a taxi driver taking him to Middleton on August 12 last year.

• UBER'S BID FOR FIFE BOOKING HUB MET WITH FIERCE LOCAL BACKLASH FROM CABBIES

  Local cabbies have hit out at Fife Council for keeping them in the dark, describing the lack of notice about the January 23 application as “extremely poor communication.”

• ROBOTAXI MISTAKES BUS ADVERT FOR PEDESTRIANS AS LONDON TRIALS LOOM

  The revelation comes as the U.S. firm Waymo prepares to launch a robotaxi pilot in London this April, with plans to partner with Uber later in the year.