
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.

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.

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.

Thomas Van Holten, 29, appeared at Elgin Sheriff Court following the disturbance on November 30, 2024, which left a driver with a bloodied and swollen nose.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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."

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.”
