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• SHEFFIELD CAB DRIVER LOSES FIVE STONE AFTER WAKE UP CALL WHILE CLOTHES SHOPPING

  Shermaine "Sham" Bond, 38, has spent the last seven years driving cabs, where long hours behind the wheel and irregular meal times caused her weight to climb to 14st 6lbs.

• DONCASTER BANS ALL WRITTEN-OFF CARS FROM SERVING AS TAXIS OR PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES

  Members of the City of Doncaster Council’s licensing committee voted to outlaw both Category S (structural) and Category N (non-structural) write-offs from operating in the city.

• TAXI CHARITY TAKES VETERANS ON TRADITIONAL SUMMER OUTING TO WORTHING

  The convoy of licensed London taxis began the day in South Holmwood, where volunteer drivers and veterans gathered for refreshments before making the journey together to the Sussex coast.

• NAPPING USA ROBOTAXI PASSENGERS SPARK COSTLY EMERGENCY RESPONSES

  Last year, 30-year-old interior designer Ditto Kasendar fell asleep during a short ride in Los Angeles. He woke up nearly an hour after his trip ended to find firefighters opening his door.

• FAKE TAXI DRIVER JAILED FOR SEVEN YEARS AFTER KIDNAPPING WOMAN ON NEWCASTLE NIGHT OUT

  Kuldip Chahal, from Blyth, approached the woman, picked her up from the ground, and guided her through the crowded streets for ten minutes to his parked car on Fenkle Street.

• 11 YEARS JAIL FOR CABBIE FROM SALFORD WHO RAPED VULNERABLE PASSENGER

  Khalafalla Yagoub, from Salford, was found guilty of rape at Manchester Crown Court in June and sentenced on July 13.

• STIRLING COUNCIL LAUNCHES PUBLIC SURVEY TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF LOCAL TAXIS AND PHVS

  The review is being conducted alongside traffic consultants LVSA to evaluate the current state of licensed vehicles across the region.

• COLCHESTER PASSENGER JAILED FOR NINE YEARS AFTER LEAVING CABBIE FOR DEAD IN SAVAGE STREET ATTACK

  Brodie Farrell, 26, of Colchester, boarded the taxi in the city centre before violently attacking the driver upon arriving at his destination in Highwoods.

• DRIVER WITH THREE SERIOUS CONVICTIONS BIDS FOR NEW BCP COUNCIL TAXI LICENCE

  The applicant previously had his licence stripped by Christchurch BC and a BCP Council report said thast the driver "didn't advise the Christchurch BC of the initial offences or criminal convictions".

• LEICESTER UBER DRIVER WHO RAPED PASSENGER AT KNIFEPOINT JAILED FOR 16 YEARS

  The victim and her friend were outside a Leicester city centre bar when Adam Daley pulled up in his white Toyota Auris and offered to take them home if they booked the ride through the app.

• POLICE APPEAL: LIVERPOOL CABBIE KNOCKED OUT IN WAVERTREE AFTER CHALLENGING FARE DODGERS

  The incident unfolded late Saturday night, July 11, after the driver picked up the group from a restaurant on Mill Lane around 11:30pm.

• CEREDIGION TAXI FARES SET TO RISE BY 7 PER CENT DESPITE COST OF LIVING WARNINGS FROM PUBLIC

  Senior councillors on Ceredigion County Council’s Cabinet unanimously backed the fare hike at a meeting on July 7, marking the first rate change since 2022.

• TENSE PROTEST AS READING TAXI AND PH DRIVERS CONFRONT COUNCILLORS OVER STRICT EMISSIONS RULES

  Drivers gathered outside the Bridge Street offices to voice their anger at rules limiting licences to vehicles emitting a maximum of 75 mg of nitrogen oxides (NOx) per kilometre.

• END OF AN ERA FOR COOPERS - CHORLEY'S BIGGEST TAXI FIRM ACQUIRED BY DG GROUP AFTER 36 YEARS

  Coopers Taxis was founded in 1990 by husband and wife Phil and Lynne, who started the firm from the front room of their modest home with just a single telephone line.

• "COMPLETE MAYHEM": JERSEY AIRPORT RENOVATION STRIPS TAXI RANK CAPACITY IN PEAK SUMMER

  Jersey Taxi Drivers’ Association secretary Mick Tostevin revealed the closure has halved the airport's taxi capacity, removing a space that could previously accommodate about 30 cars.

• TAXI DRIVER ROBBED AND ASSAULTED BY FOUR PASSENGERS AFTER FARE DISPUTE IN MILTON KEYNES

  Police reported that during the dispute, one passenger attacked the driver - a man in his thirties - while another snatched a bag containing cash from inside the car.

• VETERAN GREENOCK CABBIE BANNED FROM ROADS AFTER BLUNDER LEAVES COUPLE WITH FRACTURED STERNUMS

  John Quinn, 61, caused the collision on December 12, 2024, when he failed to give way at a junction on Cartsburn Street, smashing his vehicle into a Renault Captur on Ingleston Street.

• POLICE HUNT FOR TWO MEN AFTER MANCHESTER TAXI DRIVER ASSAULTED OUTSIDE HOTEL

  Investigators are searching for two men who they believe can "help with the investigation" into the attack, which occurred outside the Rex Hotel on King Street.

• DUNDEE TAXI SAFETY FEARS SPARK CALLS FOR CRACKDOWN ON UNLICENSED DRIVERS

  Both Dundee City Council and the taxi drivers' union, Unite, have acknowledged the issue, which has prompted calls for tougher enforcement and iodentity checks.

• SOMERSET COUNCIL PROPOSES 10 PER CENT HIKE IN MAXIMUM TAXI FARES TO HELP RURAL DRIVERS

  Under the new proposals, maximum distance and waiting time charges will increase by 10 per cent, while taxi drivers will also be allowed to add a discretionary booking fee of up to £10 for pre-booked trips.