Cllr Andrew Parkhurst shared the footage online, stating: "I have been sent a shocking video. It appears to show a Flintshire cabbie watching YouTube while driving a vulnerable child.

If approved, the two-mile fare would harmonise at £7, matching Carlisle rates while raising fares £1 (17%) in Allerdale and 80p (13%) in Copeland, with no change for Carlisle.

Sukhy Sidhu, 59, was alerted just after 10.15pm by his 21-year-old son when a Ring doorbell alarm went off, capturing footage of a person standing next to the vehicle as flames ignited.

Muhammad Malik, 46, claimed a bin bag containing the £50,000 worth of drugs was left behind by an unidentified customer and that he set off on an 11-hour, 600-mile round trip to Scotland.

Abdiqadir Mohamed Nur faced Glasgow City Council’s licensing and regulatory committee at John Street following a complaint to the local authority’s taxi and private hire enforcement unit.

Coventry taxi fares will increase despite opposition from local cabbies, following approval by cabinet member for city services Cllr Patricia Hetherton on 15 September.

The council tested 630 drivers - 13% of its 4,800 registered drivers - over the past 7 years, uncovering a “small minority” using illegal substances on a “recreational basis or as habitual users.”

officers from the Heywood Neighbourhood Policing Team executed a comprehensive Traffic Enforcement Operation under the banner of Op Paragon.