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• TAXI DRIVERS AT NOTTINGHAM STATION FEAR FOR FUTURE AS STATION STREET EXIT CLOSES

  They argue that the move is the "final nail in the coffin" for their industry.

• WARRINGTON TAXIS TO CARRY LIFE SAVING BANDAGES

  Participating taxis will display green window stickers, making them easily identifiable to the public and emergency services.

• RAMSGATE VETERAN REUNITED WITH LOST BERET THANKS TO TAXI CHARITY

  Rifleman Paul Jacobs, who served in the 2nd Battalion The Rifles, was devastated when he realised his beret was missing after attending the Cenotaph service in Westminster on Sunday.

• GLASGOW PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER RAN OVER WOMAN LYING ON THE ROAD LEAVING HER IN A COMA

  John Paul Borland, 42, struck Patricia McBride, then 52, in Glasgow's Toryglen on the night of March 6 2022.

• CUMBERLAND TAXI DRIVERS OPPOSE PENALTY POINT SCHEME

  Cabbies in Cumberland have hit out at plans to introduce a penalty point system, arguing it is unnecessary and could deter honest reporting.

• VETERAN TAXI DRIVER SAYS TRADE IN GRIMSBY IS THE "WORST HE'S EVER KNOWN"

  Taxi drivers in Grimsby have won a temporary reprieve from a council plan to lift a cap on the number of hackney carriages.

• DBS FEES ARE CHANGING FROM MONDAY 2 DECEMBER 2024

  The Disclosure and Barring Service is changing its fees, in order to meet the increased operational costs of delivering the DBS safeguarding service.

• PAIR CONVICTED OF RUNNING SCAM PH OPERATION AFTER PROSECUTION BY LICHFIELD COUNCIL

  Two Burntwood men have been prosecuted by Lichfield District Council after licensing officers caught them running a scam private hire operation.

• BOLT DRIVERS WIN LEGAL CLAIM TO BE CLASSED AS WORKERS RATHER THAN SELF EMPLOYED

  Thousands of drivers working for ride-hailing and food delivery app Bolt have won a legal claim to be classed as workers in the UK rather than self-employed.

• 28 MONTHS JAIL FOR MAN WHO CAUSED DEATH OF POPULAR WELSH CABBIE BY DANGEROUS DRIVING

  Mateusz Sikorski, pleaded guilty to ‘death by dangerous driving’ at a hearing last month, and was sentenced to two years, four months in prison at Swansea Crown Court on November 8.

• LANCASHIRE COUNCIL INVITES EV DRIVERS TO APPLY TO TAKE PART IN NEW ON STREET CHARGING TRIAL

  A new trial is being rolled out which allows residents without driveways to apply for a free cross-pavement channel to charge their electric vehicle from home

• UBER FINALLY LAUNCHES IN BLACKPOOL DESPITE EARLIER PROTESTS

  In June, scores of disgruntled taxi drivers blocked Talbot Road to express their concerns about the influx of "unknown" drivers.

• TAXI FARES SET TO RISE IN BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE DUE TO INCREASE IN OPERATING COSTS

  The proposed changes, currently out for public consultation, would see a more standardised fare structure based on a unit of 1/10th of a mile.

• CAMBRIDGE PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER LOSES APPEAL OVER LICENCE REVOCATION AND ORDERED TO PAY £4,500

  Ahmed Al Ansar, 36, had his licence revoked by South Cambridgeshire District Council in 2021 after picking up a passenger without the necessary legal documents.

• TAXI FARES COULD RISE IN BIRMINGHAM AMID COST OF LIVING CONCERNS

  The RMT Union has called on Birmingham City Council to increase ‘maximum chargeable fares’ to help drivers cope with rising costs and a decline in the number of hackney carriages.

• CCTV CAPTURES PREDATORY ASSAULT BY FAKE TAXI DRIVER IN LEICESTER

  Disturbing CCTV footage captured by police revealed how Ghulan Mohammed, 36, stalked his victim through the city centre for nearly an hour before luring her into his car.

• TAXI DRIVERS DEMAND ACTION AFTER "DAILY ABUSE" AT STOCKPORT STATION

  Stockport taxi drivers are calling for urgent action to address a growing problem of abuse and intimidation outside the town’s railway station.

• DERBY MOTORISTS HIT OUT AT WORSENING POTHOLE PROBLEM WHICH IS COSTING THEM MONEY

  Ian Wigley, a 36-year veteran of the taxi trade, estimates that his repair costs have soared by 30% in the past two years due to the abundance of potholes.

• CABBIE LEFT DISABLED IN BLACKBURN CRASH PLEADS FOR LENIENCY FOR YOUNG DRIVER

  gar Ali, who suffered life-changing injuries in the collision, expressed his belief that a prison sentence would have a detrimental impact on 20-year-old Max Street.

• BRADFORD CABBIE BLINDED BY SUN HIT AND KILLED CYCLIST GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE

  Fiaz Hussain, 60, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving following the incident on Barkerend Road in June 2022.