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• TEENAGE ARMED ROBBER JAILED FOR 30 MONTHS AFTER TARGETING ABERDEEN TAXI DRIVERS

  Drug-fuelled Ellis Gardiner pressed a knife into the face of one driver, drawing blood, and robbed another of £50 after brandishing a screwdriver at him.

• DRIVERLESS WAYMO TAXI TRAPS PASSENGERS ON AUSTIN HIGHWAY SPARKING SAFETY FEARS

  A ride in a driverless Waymo taxi turned into a "Black Mirror" moment for two passengers in Austin, Texas, after the autonomous vehicle allegedly stopped in a busy merging lane on a notorious highway and locked them insi

• UNION SLAMS SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL'S RECKLESS PERMANENT PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE SIGNAGE PLAN

  The GMB union warns the plan could confuse the public, endanger drivers and damage vehicles.

• BRADFORD UBER DRIVER CALLS FOR CCTV AFTER SECOND BRICK ATTACK

  Mohammed Khan, 40, was driving along Harrogate Road on 3 April around 8:45pm when a group of youths, some masked, hurled a brick at his car near Sainsbury's.

• MANCHESTER AIRPORT TAXI DRIVER LOSES LICENCE IN POLICE CRACKDOWN

  Greater Manchester Police's Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU) teamed up with City of Wolverhampton Council Licensing to conduct checks on over 30 taxi and private hire vehicles.

• BURNLEY MAN AVOIDS JAIL AFTER BRUTAL ASSAULT ON PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER

  Reece Rainey appeared at Blackburn Magistrates' Court where he pleaded guilty to assaulting Shabaz Akhtar, leaving the driver with multiple broken teeth and mouth injuries.

• VEEZU EYES YORK EXPANSION WITH OPERATOR LICENCE APPLICATION

  e Cardiff-based company, which claims to be "Britain’s fastest growing private hire company," is currently in the process of acquiring local firm Drive Private Hire Ltd, situated on Layerthorpe.

• GLASGOW CABBIE ADMITS ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER MOWING DOWN FRAUDSTER OUTSIDE COURT

  In a shocking act of broad daylight revenge, taxi driver Awet Teame, 32, has admitted to attempting to murder a man who had previously defrauded him out of thousands of pounds.

• GLASGOW PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING DRUNK TEEN PASSENGER

  Private hire driver, Kamran Nawaz, 37, admitted to the crime, which occurred on May 23 of last year in the Anderston area of the city.

• WIGAN CABBIE FORCED OFF THE ROAD BY WINDOW TINT OF NEW VEHICLE

  Tracy Hibbert, who has been a taxi driver since 1991, bought a 2019 Ford Transit Custom van in August.

• IPSWICH COUNCIL CRACKS DOWN ON ROGUE TAXI DRIVERS REVOKING 16 LICENCES IN FIVE YEARS

  The move comes as the council reviews licences, addressing concerns ranging from DVLA issues and medical conditions to more serious allegations flagged by police and other authorities.

• TUNBRIDGE WELLS TAXI DRIVER LOSES LICENCE AFTER PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS

  A Tunbridge Wells taxi driver has exhausted all avenues of appeal after a judge at Maidstone Crown Court upheld the borough council's decision to revoke his taxi/private hire licence.

• BLACKBURN AND PENDLE CABBIES SIGN UP IN DROVES AS UBER LAUNCHES LOCALLY

  The onboarding process commenced on Tuesday at Lomeshaye Business Park in Nelson, marking the end of frustrating delays for prospective drivers who were initially told registration would begin in January, then March.

• GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR CALLS FOR DEVOLVED POWERS TO FIX ENGLANDS BROKEN TAXI LICENSING SYSTEM

  Figures show one local authority dominates taxi licensing across England, with nearly half of private hire vehicles working in Greater Manchester now licensed ‘out of area’.

• LYFT EXPANDS IN EUROPE AND DIVERSIFIES BY ACQUIRING FREENOW

  FREENOW will continue operating as it does today to drive growth across 9 countries and over 150 cities across Ireland, UK, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Poland, France and Austria.

• MAN NABBED IN TAXI NEAR KIDBROOKE WITH 30 INCH MACHETE IN HIS WAISTBAND

  A man with a history of knife offences has been arrested after police discovered a 30-inch machete concealed in his waistband during a stop and search of a taxi near Kidbrooke, south east London.

• BARNSLEY DRIVER, VEHICLE AND OPERATOR LICENCE FEES SET TO RISE

  Fees for taxi drivers operating in Barnsley are set to climb next year for the first time since 2014.

• SOUTH CAMBS PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER LOSES LICENCE AFTER FAILING TO DECLARE DRIVING OFFENCES

  Kambiz Akhondi, 59, from Soham, appeared before Peterborough Magistrates who determined he was not a fit and proper person to hold a private hire licence.

• THOUSANDS OF MILES OF ROADWORKS LIFTED AHEAD OF EASTER AS DRIVERS SET TO BE 500 BETTER OFF

  Drivers are set to benefit from up to £500 of savings per year and see smoother Easter getaways as 1,127 miles of roadworks are lifted, the Department for Transport has announced today (16th April). 

• UBER DRIVERS TAKE TOYOTA ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR A SPIN AT BRANDS HATCH TRACK DAY

  This initiative builds upon the growing partnership between Toyota and Uber in the UK. Last year saw Toyota launch a dedicated website offering bespoke car finance deals for Uber owner-drivers.