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• SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING CCTV IN BARNSLEY SCHOOL TRANSPORT PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES

  A recent Barnsley Council consultation showed a majority of respondents backed proposals to expand the use of CCTV to private hire vehicles used for home-to-school transport.

• TAXI DRIVER ALLEGEDLY THREATENED WITH GLASS BOTTLE IN CLYDEBANK

  A 49-year-old woman has been arrested and charged following an alleged incident where a taxi driver was 'threatened with a glass bottle' in Clydebank.

• OLDHAM COUNCIL CHANGES TAXI TESTING RULES TO CUT WAITING TIMES

  Effective this month, taxi and private hire drivers will be allowed to have their mid-year vehicle tests conducted at any DVSA-approved test centre, instead of being restricted solely to the council's facility.

• BP PULSE CONTINUES TFL PARTNERSHIP HELPING ACCELERATE LONDON'S EV NETWORK

  The BP pulse and TfL network encompasses over 150 chargers, located across London boroughs and extending out as far as Watford and Epping Forest.

• SEVEN OUT OF TWELVE TAXIS / PHVS SUSPENDED AFTER INSPECTION OPERATION IN BRADFORD

  An operation involving West Yorkshire Police's Bradford East NPT and the Bradford Council Taxi Enforcement Team last Friday, October 17, resulted in the suspension of a majority of inspected vehicles.

• ARRESTS MADE AFTER TAXI DRIVER SUFFERS 'SIGNIFICANT FACIAL INJURIES'

  West Yorkshire Police were called at 4.10am on Saturday, October 18, to Market Street, Milnsbridge, after the injury to the cabbie was reported.

• AUTOCAB AND ZTRIP ANNOUNCE LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP TO POWER 3,600 VEHICLES ACROSS 20 US STATES

  The first vehicles operating Autocab’s technology are now live in Las Vegas, a location zTrip expanded into in 2025 with more than 500 cars.

• DARLINGTON COUNCIL LISTENS TO THEIR DRIVERS AND REJECTS MANDATORY CCTV

  In the end the council stated that they would not be seeking to make CCTV mandatory but if the white paper seeks to make it so, then they would have no choice but to implement it.

• 20K REWARD OFFERED FOR THIRD SUSPECT IN SHOOTING AFTER LOCAL TAXI TAKEN IN WALSALL

  Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information leading to the identification of a third person involved in a "mistaken identity" shooting in Gloucester.

• KNIFE WIELDING THUG JAILED AFTER THREATENING TO KILL MIDDLESBROUGH TAXI DRIVER AND FAMILY

  A Middlesbrough taxi driver was subjected to a terrifying ordeal when a passenger, Wakahs Nawaz, punched him, produced a four-inch knife, and threatened to kill him and his family.

• NEWCASTLE CABBIE JAILED FOR NINE YEARS AFTER THROWING HOT OIL AT POLICEMAN

  Mohammed Sarfaraz, 45, "deliberately heated a pan of oil" in his parents' kitchen to create a "highly dangerous weapon." 

• READING PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER'S LICENCE REVOCATION FOR ILLEGAL PLYING UPHELD

  Shabuddin Parvas had appealed a decision by Reading Borough Council to revoke his licence after he was caught operating illegally at the Henley Royal Regatta on July 5, 2024.

• TAXI AND PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE OPERATION IN MILTON KEYNES RESULTS IN SUSPENSION NOTICES

  During the roadside inspection, 36 taxis and PHVs were checked, and 14 vehicles were found to be breaching road traffic and taxi licensing laws.

• VALE OF GLAMORGAN PH DRIVERS LAUNCH PETITION FOR REMOVAL OF YELLOW COUNCIL DOOR STICKERS

  Drivers say they are duel licence holders and can already work for more than one operator but they state the public don't know the difference and try and flag down PHVs in the street.

• ANPR CAMERAS AT MERRY HILL PRIVATE TAXI RANK SPARK CONTROVERSY OVER FINES

  The rank is currently leased by Merry Hill to Triple 20 Taxis, which won the tender in Winter 2023, replacing Waterfront Cars.

• ROYAL BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVES RISE IN DAYTIME TAXI FARES

  Councillors in the Royal Borough have voted in favour of an increase in hackney carriage fares, which was described as "long overdue" and necessary to align prices with the rate of inflation.

• JOINT SAFETY OPERATION TARGETS PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES IN LEAMINGTON

  Warwick District Council’s licensing team recently collaborated with the City of Wolverhampton's Compliance Department to conduct inspections on 27 PHVs operating in Leamington.

• NEWPORT CABBIE ORDERED TO REPAY £128,000 AFTER BEING CAUGHT WITH COCAINE IN HIS CAB

  Mohammed Yamin, 55, a taxi driver from Newport, has been ordered to pay back £128,409 after being caught transporting 2kg of "high-purity cocaine" in his cab.

• TELFORD AND WREKIN OFFICERS GIVEN POWER TO INSPECT WOLVERHAMPTON LICENSED TAXIS AND PHVS

  The power allows Telford's licensing officers to stop and, if necessary, suspend any Wolverhampton-licensed vehicles "that are found to be unsafe or potentially dangerous."

• EDINBURGH TAXI DRIVER FINED AFTER RUNNING RED LIGHT AND HITTING CHILD

  Duncan Beattie, 77, pleaded guilty to driving without "due care and attention" after striking a four-year-old child at a pedestrian crossing.