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• GATWICK AIRPORT BECOMES UK'S MOST EXPENSIVE DROP-OFF ZONE WITH 43% HIKE TO £10

  The West Sussex airport has defended the decision, citing a significant rise in its operating costs, specifically pointing to an increase in business rates levied by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

• SHEFFIELD RAILWAY STATION ROAD CHAOS PROMPTS TRIAL BAN ON PRIVATE DROP-OFFS

  Sheffield council is set to trial a change to the road layout outside the station in a bid to alleviate “heavy congestion” and resolve longstanding conflicts between taxis and private vehicles.

• WIRRAL TAXI FARES TO RISE AS DRIVER WARNS OF THE RISK OF LOSING THE HACKNEY FLEET

  The Regulatory and General Purposes Committee approved the proposal, put forward by Unite the Union, at a meeting on December 10, despite having received four objections from the public .

• DURHAM TAXI DRIVERS DEMAND ACCESS TO £8M UNSPENT NEWCASTLE CAZ GRANT CASH

  Newcastle City Council recently announced that applications for Clean Air Zone (CAZ) upgrade grants, worth up to £16,000, will close on January 30.

• SWANSEA TAXI CRACKDOWN: THREE VEHICLES PULLED OFF ROAD IN SAFETY OPERATION

  The enforcement action, codenamed Operation Beccles, was carried out on 5 December by the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot Licensing Team with colleagues from Swansea Council taxi licensing team.

• WELL DONE TO WIRRAL PH DRIVER ALAN GILFOYLE

  Year 11 of doing his annual toy appeal to help less fortunate local kids get a present on Christmas Day.

• SAFETY FIRST AS SOUTHEND SET TO DETERMINE UBER LICENCE APPLICATION

  The council’s independent, quasi-judicial Licensing Sub-Committee will determine an application from Uber Britannia Limited for a Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) Operator’s Licence.

• CATALAN TAXI DRIVERS GRIDLOCK BARCELONA IN MASS PROTEST AGAINST UBER AND CABIFY

  The demonstration aims to ensure the draft legislation, which would drastically reduce VTC licences from 900 to around 300, is passed in its current strict form.

• TAXI MARSHALS AND HEALTH BUS DEPLOYED TO BOOST SAFETY FOR PETERBOROUGH FESTIVE REVELLERS

  The joint initiative, involving Peterborough Positive, Peterborough City Council, and Light Project Peterborough, aims to provide immediate medical welfare and ensure safe travel home for revellers.

• POLICE SEEK WITNESSES AFTER WORCESTER CABBIE HOSPITALISED IN FARE DISPUTE ATTACK

  The incident occurred around 11.10 pm on October 11 on Liverpool Road.

• NORWICH TAXI DRIVERS HIT WITH £100 FINES DUE TO ALLEGED PARKING CAMERA GLITCH

  Taxi drivers operating at Norwich station car park are reporting they have been wrongfully issued £100 fines by NCP, despite only spending brief periods dropping off or picking up customers.

• UBER UNVEILS PHONE FREE AIRPORT KIOSKS REVIVING TAXI LINE FAMILIARITY

  The kiosks, set for a broader rollout at hotels, ports, and international airports, are specifically designed to serve international visitors arriving without local U.S. mobile data plans.

• BAIDU ROBOTAXI SERVICE HALTED AFTER COLLISION TRAPS PEDESTRIAN IN CHINA

  The incident has led the operator, Hello, to immediately halt its robotaxi service in the city as authorities investigate.

• TAXI MARSHALS RETURN TO BISHOPS STORTFORD RAIL STATION TO ENSURE SAFE FESTIVE NIGHTS

  The initiative, which costs £3,800 and is partly funded by the Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner's Safer Town Centres Grant Scheme, commenced on 5 December.

• EXPERTS URGE RENAMING HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORT TO CURB SPIRALLING £2.3 BILLION COSTS

  Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee, witnesses argued that while councils are committed to helping children entitled to support, the service does not need to be “a door-to-door taxi service.”

• CORNWALL TAXI DRIVERS LOSE LICENCES AFTER DRUG DRIVING ARRESTS AND SPEEDING SPREE

  Several taxi drivers in Cornwall have had their licences revoked or refused following serious misconduct, including being arrested for driving on cocaine and then smashing into cars.

• WIRRAL BLACK CAB FARES ROW: UNION PUSHES FOR HIKE DESPITE DRIVER FEARS OF BEING PRICED OUT

  The proposal, to be considered by the regulatory committee, would see day rates increase by as much as 13% for longer journeys and a 13% increase for one-mile journeys at Christmas and New Year.

• INVERCLYDE TAXIS SET FOR POTENTIAL NEW FARE HIKE JUST ONE YEAR AFTER 7% RISE

  The council’s general purposes board is due to consider the report on December 10, which confirms that representatives of the taxi trade "have now been requested to submit their views.

• REPORT WARNS OF RAPIDLY GROWING GHOST NUMBER PLATE CRISIS AS 41% LONDON CABBIES ARE NON COMPLIANT

  An "explosive" new report lays bare the "serious safety concerns" of the UK's "outdated and poorly regulated number plate system," warning it enables criminals to operate undetected.

• ARREST IN COLD CASE: MAN 76 CHARGED WITH 2008 MURDER OF TIPTON TAXI DRIVER

  David Harrison, from Bilston, is accused of killing 39-year-old Mr. Khan. The victim "was shot outside his Tudor Street home at 9.25pm on March 3, 2008, and later died at hospital."