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• TEWKESBURY CABBIES SET TO FACE NEW PENALTY POINT SCHEME

  The Executive Committee will review the recommendation on September 2, and if approved, the revised policy will take effect on September 28.

• NEWPORT BLACK CAB FARES COULD JUMP BY UP TO 17 PER CENT

  The local licensing manager has deemed the proposed increase reasonable due to rising fuel costs and the length of time since the last fare review in 2022.

• SWALE COUNCIL ORDERS ICARS TO REMOVE REMEMBRANCE POPPIES AND STICKERS FROM VEHICLES

  Neil McLennan, owner of iCars, was told by a licensing officer that the displays violated council advertising policies.

• LONDON CABBIE FINED £60 FOR DROPPING OFF DISABLED PASSENGER IN LONDON

  Gary Taylor, a 20-year-old veteran of the capital's taxi trade, received the penalty after dropping off the passenger at 10.30pm in the Brentford Lock area.

• DRUNK BEGGAR GUILTY OF RACIALLY ABUSING AND FLASHING CABBIE AT DUNFERMLINE TAXI RANK

  Robert Hooper, 51, targeted the 49-year-old cabbie on Queen Anne Street after spending the day begging on the streets.

• TWO MEN JAILED FOR OVER THREE YEARS AFTER ROBBERY INVOLVING LINCOLN CABBIE

  Liam O’Leary, 46, (left) from Lincoln was jailed for 3 years and 4 months and Shane McHale, 23, also from Lincoln was jailed for 3 years and 2 months.

• POLICE APPEAL AFTER TAXI DRIVER ATTACKED BY TWO PEOPLE IN CARLISLE CAB RANK

  The incident happened at about 11.30pm on August 16 at the taxi rank on Court Square Brow, next to Carlisle Railway Station.

• BAN AND LICENCE REVOCATION FOR PH DRIVER CAUGHT ON PHONE WHILE DRIVING IN LEEDS

  A Leeds private hire driver has been banned from the road for three years and stripped of his licence after nearly colliding with a police car while using a mobile phone at the wheel.

• FOREST OF DEAN FACES TAXI DESERT CRISIS WITH ONLY 58 LICENSED VEHICLES FOR NEARLY 90,000 RESIDENTS

  According to Department for Transport statistics from April 2026, this equates to a mere 0.6 vehicles for every 1,000 residents, placing the district among the areas most vulnerable to becoming a rural taxi desert.

• NORTH TYNESIDE CABBIES URGE COUNCIL TO APPROVE EIGHT PER CENT FARE HIKE AMID SURGING COSTS

  The North Tyneside Hackney Carriage Association wants fares adjusted so that a typical three-mile journey would average £5.52.

• PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER WALLASEY STREET ROW LEAVES DELIVERY WORKER IN HOSPITAL

  Merseyside Police rushed to Rice Hey Road in Egremont at 4.10pm on Sunday, August 23, after receiving reports that a delivery worker in his 30s had suffered face and head injuries.

• WEYMOUTH CABBIE HAILED FOR RESCUING DISABLED WOMAN FROM BLAZING CAR ON DORSET ROAD

  Paul Best, a 62-year-old chauffeur who runs Best Exec cars and works as a mayor's chauffeur, was driving for Fleetline in his taxi on Thursday morning, 20 August.

• WORCESTER TAXI DRIVER ASSAULT LEAVES PASSENGER JAILED FOR NINE MONTHS

  Stuart Halliday, 44, appeared at Worcester Magistrates’ Court on 20 August, facing charges including assault by beating against cabbie Azanuhr Rahman. The attack took place in Wychbold on 9 May 2025.

• POLICE APPEAL AFTER WILTSHIRE TAXI PASSENGER RAN AWAY WITHOUT PAYING

  Wiltshire Police said the incident happened on July 31 when an unknown man took a taxi from Melksham to Trowbridge.

• BRIGHTON FOOTBALL CLUB DROPS TAXI COMPANY AFTER DRIVER ARRESTED FOR DRUG USE AT STADIUM

  The players had been transported to the stadium as part of a pre-match travel trial, with the fleet of taxis booked to take them home after the fixture.

• POLICE PROBE AFTER TAXI PASSENGER REFUSES TO PAY FARE FROM YORK STATION

  The incident took place at 11.30pm on June 27 when a cab picked up a customer at the station and drove them to Cornlands Road.

• FIFE COUNCIL GRANTS TAXI LICENCE TO MAN CAUGHT WITHOUT INSURANCE

  David McKinlay had to appear before Fife Council’s Regulation and Licensing Committee on Tuesday, August 18, when his application to work as a taxi driver was considered.

• TAXI FARES TO INCREASE FIVE PER CENT ACROSS ARGYLL AND BUTE

  Councillors agreed unanimously to the proposed five per cent hike during a meeting of Argyll and Bute Council’s planning, protective services and licensing committee on Wednesday, August 19.

• MANCHESTER AIRPORT BOSS DEFENDS PARKING FEES AMID COMPETITION

  Chris Woodroofe, has defended the facility's parking charges, which contributed significantly to the Manchester Airports Group making £453 million from parking - about a third of its total income.

• FIFE TAXI DRIVER KEEPS LICENCE AFTER DOUBLE SPEEDING CONVICTION

  Allun Wright, who previously received a one-year licence and a warning in April last year, found himself back before the committee after DVLA checks revealed speeding offences in May and November.