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• PETITION TO SAVE CUMBERLANDS TAXI TRADE TO BE DEBATED BY COUNCILLORS

  Cumberland Council's regulatory committee is set to consider a petition aimed at changing the council's new taxi and private hire policy.

• TAXI DRIVERS IN DEVON AND CORNWALL LINKED TO 34 SEXUAL OFFENCES IN THREE YEARS

  A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has unveiled the scale of sexual offences committed by taxi drivers across the Devon and Cornwall policing area over the past three financial years.

• RESPECT AND OUR THANKS TO THIS NOW RETIRED LONDON BLACK CAB DRIVER

  For 58 years, Michael Son had navigated the city's maze of streets, passing the legendary "Knowledge" exam that requires memorizing 25,000 streets and 20,000 landmarks.

• HIGH COURT ALLOWS 13,000 LONDON BLACK CAB DRIVERS' £340M CLAIM AGAINST UBER TO MOVE FORWARD

  The drivers claim to have lost money along with Justin Peters, who is taking legal action on behalf of Kabbee and Iride, as a result of Uber London misrepresenting its business model to TfL.

• CHANGES CONFIRMED TO LONDON CONGESTION CHARGE

  The Cleaner Vehicle Discount was introduced in 2019 to run until 25 December 2025, but now the Mayor has decided to continue incentivising the switch to EVs, so greener drivers still pay less.

• SECOND MEETING OF TRANSPORT COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO TAXI AND PHV LICENSING ON 19 NOVEMBER

  A very interesting line up of company representatives will be giving oral evidence.

• LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL ISSUES 103 FIXED PENALTY NOTICES FOR SMOKING IN A LICENSED VEHICLE

  Liverpool City Council issues 103 fixed penalty notices for smoking in a licensed vehicle - the highest number recorded across UK councils

• BIRKENHEAD CABBIE JAILED FOR SIX YEARS FOR SELLING ECSTASY AND COKE IN £100K DRUG SIDELINE

  Paul Duggan, 45, of Birkenhead, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after police seized Class A substances potentially worth over £100,000 from his home, including a kilo of cocaine.

• DUDLEY TAXI DRIVERS THREATEN STRIKE ACTION OVER 'HORRENDOUS' COUNCIL TREATMENT

  Abdual Qadus of the Dudley Private Hire and Taxi Association, slammed the council, stating the department is "understaffed, it’s in chaos," and offers "horrendously low quality" service.

• COUNCILLOR DEMANDS SPEED CAMERAS AFTER TAXI FLIPS IN DRAMATIC BIRMINGHAM CRASH

  The crash occurred on Bordesley Green East in Stechford shortly before 6 pm. West Midlands Police confirmed they were called to the scene, and "two people were assessed at the scene for injuries."

• BURNLEY COUNCIL SEEKS VIEWS ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO TAXI LICENSING POLICY

  Burnley Council is inviting views on proposed changes to its taxi licensing policy as part of a six-week public consultation.

• DOZENS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CABBIES LOSE LICENCES OVER SEX DRUG AND DRIVING CRIMES

  Figures covering Oct 1, 2024, to Sep 30, 2025, show the most frequent grounds for revocation were "motoring offences" e.g. speeding, drink/drug driving, using a mobile phone and driving without insurance.

• LONDON BLACK CABS LINED UP ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE OFFERING FREE RIDES TO VETS AS PART OF POPPY CABS SERVICE

  London black cabs line up on Westminster Bridge offering free rides to veterans as part of poppy cabs service

• ADCU CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT REFUSAL TO ALLOW CAPPING OF PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE NUMBERS

  The decision, communicated in a letter to London Assembly Member Elly Baker, has been met with disappointment and anger among drivers who say London’s PHV sector has reached breaking point

• SURREY "SEXUAL PREDATOR" TAXI DRIVER JAILED FOR PREYING ON VULNERABLE WOMAN

  Lance Melville Percival, 64, who filmed himself raping a vulnerable woman over a five-year period during trips to her support services has been jailed for 12 and a half years.

• SWANSEA TAXIS AND PHVS TO INSTALL CARD READERS FOLLOWING PUBLIC DEMAND

  The decision, made by the council’s general licensing committee, dictates that all newly licensed private hire and hackney carriages must carry card readers from December 2025.

• EAST AYRSHIRE FARES RISE UP TO 19 PER CENT AFTER DRIVERS WIN APPEAL AGAINST COUNCIL

  The council had voted in June to block the fare rise, despite earlier proposals to increase the initial charge of a journey from £4.00 to £4.50 and the cost per additional 130 yards from 20p to 25p.

• BLACKBURN WITH DARWIN COUNCIL LICENSED DRIVERS TO FACE SIX YEARLY DRIVING TESTS UNDER NEW RULES

  Until now, cabbies were only required to pass a test when first applying for a licence. The updated policy, which comes into force on 1 January 2026, means drivers will need to complete the test at every other licence re

• APPALLING BLACK CAB PAEDOPHILE CONVICTED OF 15 SEX OFFENCES AGAINST YOUNG GIRLS

  Former Birmingham cabbie, Peter King, 72, has been convicted of 15 sex offences after preying on and grooming three girls as young as six in the 1990s and early 2000s.

• HALLOWEEN HORROR AS CABBIE STABS GRANDAD WITH SCREWDRIVER IN DARWEN ROAD RAGE CLASH

  Tariq Mahmood, of Blackburn, came face-to-face with his victim on a double-parked street in Darwen with neither driver willing to give way, leading to a tense stand-off.