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• POWYS TAXI FARES SET TO RISE UNDER NEW COST OF LIVING COUNCIL REVIEW

  Members of Powys County Council’s Taxi Licensing committee met on June 11, to review a proposed taxi tariff hike, which will be sent to the cabinet for a final decision in the coming weeks.

• UNLICENSED CABBIE FINED AFTER ILLEGALLY USING UNINSURED VEHICLE FOR DURHAM COUNTY SCHOOL RUN

  Keith Lambton, 53, of Chester-le-Street, was contracted by Durham County Council to safely collect up to five children, aged 11 to 16, from various addresses and drive them to school.

• CUMBRIA CABBIES ENLISTED TO BATTLE PHONE SCAMMERS TARGETING VULNERABLE PASSENGERS

  As part of a major awareness campaign, officers are putting taxi drivers on the front line of defence against "courier fraud," a deceptive crime that heavily relies on local transport to succeed.

• ALGERIAN WATCH THIEVES JAILED FOR 136K WEST END BLACK CAB LUXURY WATCH ROBBERIES

  Txomin Huare-Place, 30, and Ayoub Harek, 23, targeted victims in the city’s affluent West End, stealing three Patek Philippe watches worth a combined £136,000 before being caught by police outside a Knightsbridge hotel.

• 200 TAXIS AND PHVS CHECKED IN NIGHTSAFE OPERATION ACROSS PRESTON CHORLEY AND SOUTH RIBBLE

  The initiative focused on identifying unlicensed drivers and ensuring that legitimate taxi services are operating safely, responsibly and in line with regulations.

• BRADFORD ACTIVIST LAUNCHES PETITION FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW CAZ CHARGES IN THE CITY

  Bradford activist Amir Hussain has launched a petition for the council to review CAZ charges in the city.

• DRIVER BUSTED IN BIRMINGHAM AFTER PASSENGERS DEBUNK HIS "GROUP OF FRIENDS" LIE

  Traffic officers pulled over Mohammed Ramzan late at night on Corporation Street after noticing his vehicle acting suspiciously while picking up fares.

• YORK TAXI DRIVERS CALL FOR LICENSING REVIEW AMID UNFAIR CROSS-BORDER COMPETITION

  Local cabbies say that current policies are placing a massive financial strain on them while allowing out-of-town drivers to freely operate in York under much less stringent rules.

• POLICE HUNT SUSPECT AFTER RACIST ATTACK ON SHEFFIELD TAXI DRIVER

  The attack took place at around 7pm on Sunday, April 5, on Thorpe House Rise in the Norton Lees area.

• TAXI DRIVER UNDER INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING MAJOR ENFORCEMENT CHECKS IN CHORLEY

  Named Operation Abacus, the joint enforcement exercise was carried out by Chorley Council and Lancashire Police as part of National Licensing Week to ensure vehicles were safe, roadworthy, and properly licensed.

• SHEFFIELD TAXI FARES COULD RISE BY UP TO £2 TO HELP DRIVERS COPE WITH FUEL COSTS

  The request will be considered this Friday, June 19, by the council's environmental services and regulation policy committee.

• EXPLOSIONS HEARD AS PHV BURSTS INTO FLAMES OUTSIDE PLYMOUTH HOTEL

  A PHV was completely engulfed by a dramatic fire outside the New Continental Hotel on Millbay Road in Plymouth around 1pm on Sunday, June 14.

• DIAL A CAB RUGBY PARTNERS WITH TAKE ME TO DRIVE GROWTH, OVERCOME INDUSTRY REGULATIONS AND SCALE OPERATIONS

  By joining forces, Dial A Cab will leverage TAKE ME’s extensive, scaled resources to inject new technology, drivers, and corporate accounts into the local area.

• GLASGOW TO REMOVE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FROM PRIVATE HIRE CARS AND TAXIS

  Glasgow City Council is set to scrap a decades-old rule forcing taxi and private hire drivers to carry fire extinguishers.

• ADCU ACCUSES TFL OF ABANDONING DRIVERS AS UBER AND WAYVE FAST TRACK AV ROLLOUT IN LONDON

  ADCU has accused TfL of "shrugging shoulders' and abandoning drivers as Uber and Wayve fast-track autonomous vehicle rollout in London.

• UK TAX AUTHORITY WINS APPEAL IN DISPUTE WITH BOLT WHICH COULD AFFECT UBER

  Britain's tax authority on Friday won an appeal in a dispute with Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery company Bolt, a ruling that could affect rival Uber's similar case worth over £1 billion.

• BRADFORD ROAD SAFETY CRACKDOWN HITS LAWBREAKING DRIVERS AND SUSPENDS TAXI LICENCES

  West Yorkshire Police teamed up with Bradford Council for the high-visibility action day, aiming to boost road safety and ensure driver compliance across the city.

• WALSALL COUNCIL TIGHTENS TAXI SAFETY STANDARDS WITH EXPERT WHEELCHAIR TRAINING

  Walsall Council has launched a targeted safety initiative to make local taxi journeys more inclusive and secure by giving its community protection team specialist wheelchair transport safety training.

• KINGS LYNN HACKNEY DRIVERS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE AS RISE IN LOCAL UBERS DEEPENS INDUSTRY CRISIS

  The driver claims local operators cannot compete fairly against the global ride-hailing giant, which he argues avoids the same regulatory fees and oversight imposed on local businesses.

• GRANTHAM TAXI DRIVER TEAMS UP WITH AI TO LAUNCH ENGLAND FOOTBALL QUIZ GAME AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

  Pawel Tokarzewski, a 36-year-old Polish native who moved to the Lincolnshire town nearly a decade ago, spent over a year developing Footy Legends Quiz.