Liam O’Leary, 46, (left) from Lincoln was jailed for 3 years and 4 months and Shane McHale, 23, also from Lincoln was jailed for 3 years and 2 months.

The incident happened at about 11.30pm on August 16 at the taxi rank on Court Square Brow, next to Carlisle Railway Station.

A Leeds private hire driver has been banned from the road for three years and stripped of his licence after nearly colliding with a police car while using a mobile phone at the wheel.

According to Department for Transport statistics from April 2026, this equates to a mere 0.6 vehicles for every 1,000 residents, placing the district among the areas most vulnerable to becoming a rural taxi desert.

The North Tyneside Hackney Carriage Association wants fares adjusted so that a typical three-mile journey would average £5.52.

Merseyside Police rushed to Rice Hey Road in Egremont at 4.10pm on Sunday, August 23, after receiving reports that a delivery worker in his 30s had suffered face and head injuries.

Paul Best, a 62-year-old chauffeur who runs Best Exec cars and works as a mayor's chauffeur, was driving for Fleetline in his taxi on Thursday morning, 20 August.

Stuart Halliday, 44, appeared at Worcester Magistrates’ Court on 20 August, facing charges including assault by beating against cabbie Azanuhr Rahman. The attack took place in Wychbold on 9 May 2025.