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• 'CALCULATING' SEXUAL PREDATORS JAILED FOR BRISTOL GUEST HOUSE RAPE OF VULNERABLE WOMAN

  Cabbie, Riaz Muhammed, 51, and Muhammed Zahid, 46, were both found guilty of rape following an eight-day trial at Bristol Crown Court.

• BRIGHTON CABBIES DEMAND PROTECTION FROM HUGE INFLUX OF OUT-OF-TOWN DRIVERS

  GMB union representatives Kevin Thomas and Fazlul Haque recently led a deputation to Hove Town Hall, warning that the number of locally licensed drivers has plummeted by 40% since the pandemic.

• PETERBOROUGH AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE MAYOR DEMANDS END TO BROKEN TAXI LICENSING SYSTEM

  In a move that aligns him with Greater Manchester’s Andy Burnham, Bristow is lobbying the Government to strip city/borough councils of licensing powers and hand them to regional Mayoral Authorities.

• PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST: COUNCIL REJECTS MOVE TO PRIVATE TAXI MOTS

  A new report to the Executive Board on January 8 recommends all local taxis must continue to use the council’s own Motor Vehicle Service Station for their MOTs, rather than private garages.

• STORM WARNINGS AND SYSTEM FAILURES: WAYMO FLEET GROUNDED AGAIN

  Just days after a citywide power outage left its fleet paralysed, the company was forced to suspend all Bay Area operations as a severe storm approached.

• OVER FORTY OUT OF TOWN VEHICLES STOPPED IN LATE NIGHT CHECKS IN BARNSLEY

  Licensing officers inspected 55 drivers and vehicles during the operation last month alongside South Yorks Police and enforcement from Sheffield, Leeds, Kirklees and Wolverhampton councils.

• FACTS ABOUT WAYMO - AND WHAT CAN DRIVERS AND OPERATORS DO?

  Rachel Dale from Swanlands Consultancy shares her thoughts:

• FORTY FIVE MONTHS' JAIL FOR WARRINGTON CABBIE CAUGHT WITH DRUGS WORTH OVER £250K

  Cabbie Alex Verdin, 29, turned drug courier to pay off a cocaine debt has been jailed after leading police on a dangerous late-night chase and dumping packages of drugs in residential gardens.

• COURT BACKS COUNCIL'S DECISION TO REVOKE SCUNTHORPE CABBIE'S LICENCE

  A Scunthorpe cabbie who was caught speeding and watching videos while driving with a passenger has lost his appeal against the revocation of his licence.

• UBER DRIVER BANNED AFTER DRINK DRIVING CRASH WITH PASSENGERS ONBOARD

  An Uber driver who crashed his car while carrying passengers was more than double the legal drink-drive limit, a court has heard.

• TAXI SEIZED IN JOINT TAXI OPERATION IN MORAY

  Road Policing Officers from Elgin worked alongside Moray Council Licensing and the DVSA to carry out joint taxi and private hire vehicle checks across Moray, before Christmas.

• NO SHOWS MORE COSTLY THAN YOU THINK SHOULD ALL FARES NOW BE PRE PAID

  Rob Finlayson operations manager City Cars Glasgow shares his thoughts.

• BLABY COUNCIL HAIL DEBUT TAXI CHECK INITIATIVE WITH WOLVERHAMPTON COUNCIL A GREAT SUCCESS

  Blaby District Council licensing officers teamed up with Wolverhampton colleagues, Leicestershire Police and the DVSA to carry out the surprise inspections.

• LONDON CITY AIRPORT CONFIRMS COST OF DROP OFF CHARGES FROM TUESDAY 6TH JANUARY 2026

  Taxi drivers currently pay £2.00 when using the taxi rank at the airport but this cannot be added to the metered fare and passengers are not charged extra.

• MESSAGE TO OUR TRADE FROM BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE TAXICOP PC PATRICK QUINTON

  Hello drivers, in the early hours of Sunday morning I found this PHV illegally plying for hire.

• HYNDBURN COUNCIL ENDS TESTING MONOPOLY FOLLOWING TAXI DRIVER OUTCRY

  Local taxi and private hire drivers have secured a major victory as Hyndburn Council announced it will finally outsource vehicle safety inspections to private garages.

• UBER DRIVERS TOLD ACCEPT NEW TERMS OR BE BLOCKED

  The ADCU has condemned Uber’s decision to force private hire drivers to accept deeply unfair new Terms and Conditions by 5 January or lose access to the platform.

• WALSALL RESIDENTS AND TAXI TRADE INVITED TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON UPDATED LICENSING POLICY

  The draft policy reflects government guidance and aims to ensure standards remain high and passengers in Walsall can travel with confidence.

• GRIMSBY MANS "DAFT" TAXI DISPUTE ENDS IN COSTLY COURT APPEARANCE

  Gavin Jeavons, 33, appeared before Chester Magistrates Court on December 23, where he pleaded guilty to making off without payment and using threatening or abusive words.

• BLACKBURN TAXI CRACKDOWN: TWELVE DRIVERS DISCIPLINED IN NIGHT TIME SAFETY SWEEP

  A joint enforcement operation between Blackburn with Darwen Council and Lancashire Constabulary has resulted in a wave of penalties and suspensions for local taxi and private hire drivers.