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- GOVERNMENT ISSUES ENGLISH DEVOLUTION WHITE PAPER
Taxis and private hire vehicles are an important part of our transport networks and some of the most vulnerable groups in our society rely on them.
- VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE AS TAXIS ALLOWED TO USE BELFAST BUS LANES OVER CHRISTMAS
In a bid to alleviate traffic congestion in Belfast city centre, particularly during the busy Christmas period, Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has announced a temporary measure allowing taxis to use certain bus lane
- OVER 130 TAXIS/PHVS CHECKED UNDER JOINT LICENSING OPERATION IN WARRINGTON
Warrington Local Policing Unit (LPU), supported by the Motorcycle Unit, the Special Constabulary, Immigration Officers and the Warrington, Halton and Wolverhampton taxi licensing teams, launched Operation Confederation a
- SHEFFIELD TAXI DRIVERS FACE FEES AND CHARGES INCREASES
The fees increase which was approved by the city council's waste and street scene policy committee will take effect from February 2025.
- FINE FOR ARMY MAJOR WHO GRABBED STAFFS CABBIE IN DRUNKEN RAGE AS HE DROVE HER HOME
Major Lianne Robinson, 38, pleaded guilty to battery after grabbing the driver's neck and issuing death threats.
- HARTLEPOOL TAXI DRIVERS PETITION PERSUADES LICENSING CHIEFS TO REVISE EMISSIONS POLICY
Currently Hartlepool Borough Council’s private hire and hackney carriage policy states taxis must be Euro 6 compliant by April 1, 2025.
- EAST SUFFOLK CABBIE IN COURT AFTER ROAD RAGE ASSAULT ON PENSIONER
Nikolaos Boutelis, 61, allegedly attacked the pensioner after he was criticised for parking near a junction and causing hazard in Reydon last year.
- MIDDLESBROUGH COUNCIL REJECTS TAXI LICENCE APPLICATION OVER IMMIGRATION CONVICTION
The individual was convicted in 2013 of "conspiring/assisting unlawful immigration into an EU member state" and sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment.
- BLACKPOOL TAXI TENSIONS ESCALATE AS UBER DRIVER CLAIMS HE WAS THREATENED BY CABBIES
The incident, which reportedly occurred in November, involved two taxi drivers blocking the Uber driver's vehicle on Bispham Road and threatening him with a metal pole.
