Members of the district council have adopted a new HC and PH licensing policy removing the requirement for the knowledge test to make it easier and cheaper for people to start working as drivers.

Darren Magee, 55, was issued a fixed penalty notice by Merseyside Police on Bebington Road in New Ferry, a section of road that has been pedestrianised for over 30 years.

Police together with licensing officers from Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council (NBBC) and the City of Wolverhampton Council, joined forces for the operation across the borough.

Khurram Bashir sped toward oncoming traffic at up to 60mph on December 23, forcing one motorist to swerve when she was “confronted by a sight of headlights driving at speed towards her.”

Between October and mid-January, the local authority suspended 23 licences, with 10 vehicles sidelined for "major defects" and four pulled for "dangerous defects".

The alarming incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Carlton, Nottingham, when neighbourhood officers patrolling Gedling Road were flagged down by the shaken victim.

Recently published minutes from a licensing committee meeting reveal that the applicant was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of strangling his wife after she contacted the police.

Pouya Tajari, 28, was brought before North Staffordshire Justice Centre following an incident in March 2024, when he declined to pick up two residents and their guide dogs.