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

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

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

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".

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.

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

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.

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.