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• SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER TAXI LICENSING LAW CHANGES AFTER HIGHLAND COUNCIL RAPIST CONTROVERSY

  The issue was raised during First Minister’s Questions on 22 September by Highlands and Islands MSP Morven-May MacCallum.

• EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT RAISES RAPID DROP OFF FEES FOR DRIVERS

  The price for using the rapid drop-off area has increased from £5 for 15 minutes to £8 for 10 minutes, and came into effect on 29 September.

• MULTI AGENCY TAXI AND PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE COMPLIANCE OPERATION AT EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT

  A major multi-agency compliance operation took place at East Midlands Airport with 19 councils, DVSA, DVLA, HMRC, Leics Police, Uber UK, East Midlands Airport and insurance fraud specialists.

• TAXIS IN GRAN CANARIA BEING FITTED WITH PANIC BUTTONS TO CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH POLICE

  A new security system being developed in Gran Canaria will allow taxi panic buttons to connect directly with Local Police control rooms, giving officers live access to images and sound from inside vehicles during an emer

• ARE PEOPLE ‘CHATGPT-ING’ INSTEAD OF GOOGLING?

  For years, “Google it” has been part of everyday language. But I increasingly wonder whether we are entering the age of “ChatGPT it”.

• UBER GRANTED CONTROVERSIAL FIFE LICENCE AFTER HUNDREDS OF OBJECTIONS THROWN OUT ON TECHNICALITY

  Uber has successfully secured a 24/7 PH operating licence for a booking office at Rosyth Business Park after Fife Council’s Regulation and Licensing Committee approved the bid on 22 September.

• STOKE ON TRENT PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER FINED £500 FOR LITTERING FROM VEHICLE

  The council subsequently published a photograph of the offending cab to highlight the penalty and warn other motorists against the practice.

• HARTLEPOOL COUNCIL KEEPS YELLOW TAXI COLOUR POLICY

  Hartlepool Borough Council licensing chiefs have voted to keep the town's hackney carriages fully yellow following a public consultation earlier this summer.

• SOUTHAMPTON PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER LOSES LICENCE AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS

  Councillors made the decision during a hearing held behind closed doors on September 16, concluding that the driver was no longer a fit and proper person to hold the driver's licence.

• NORTH EAST TEENAGER SPARED PRISON AFTER PUNCHING PH DRIVER AND STEALING TAKINGS

  As the driver was adding details into the taxi app, 18-year-old Brandon Moloney opened the door and punched him in the cheek, "causing an immediate stinging sensation".

• DISGRACED NEWCASTLE PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER SPARED JAIL AFTER ONLINE GROOMING WITH SCHOOLBOY

  David Richardson, 31, communicated with who he thought was a 14-year-old schoolboy, sending indecent images of himself and discussed picking the teenager up from school.

• UNLICENSED PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER WHO DROVE SEND CHILDREN TO LLANELLI SCHOOL FINED £2,700

  Derrick Lewis was caught driving pupils in a licensed private hire car during a council spot check at Ysgol Heol Goffa in February. He didn't turn up to court.

• GWYNEDD COUNCIL APPROVES TAXI FARE INCREASES STARTING OCTOBER

  Taxi fares across Gwynedd are set to rise from October 1, 2026, after Cyngor Gwynedd's general licensing committee formally approved the changes on Monday, September 21.

• GLASGOW CABBIE HELPS SAVE PASSENGER AFTER HEART STOPS

  Driver Charlie Matthews was carrying passenger Jake Sinclair on an early-morning private hire trip to Stobhill Hospital when he noticed Jake had slumped over in the back of his cab.

• THE COUNCIL MIGHT BE LEGALLY RIGHT BUT IS IT FAIR?

  Dear PHTM - I am hoping someone could give me some advice on a matter with our local licensing authority.

• WOLVERHAMPTON PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER PROSECUTED FOR PLYING FOR HIRE

  Successful prosecution by Liverpool City Council following an incident in March involving a Wolverhampton licensed PHV driver.

• DRIVERS REMAIN VITAL FOR TAXI PRIVATE HIRE PASSENGERS ACROSS UK

  Research reveals multi-faceted nature of modern driver’s role.

• SPHA SECURES UPDATE TO BOOKING OFFICE RULES IN GLASGOW

  The Scottish Private Hire Association has achieved a significant victory for small-scale and independent operators in Glasgow.

• NIGHTMARE FOR RURAL TAXI DRIVERS AS FUEL PRICES SOAR

  Rural taxi and private hire drivers in the West of England are fighting to stay afloat as soaring fuel costs squeeze profit margins. 

• BRIT ARRESTED AFTER SEVILLE CABBIE STABBED 16 TIMES DRIVES TO POLICE STATION

  A British passenger has been arrested in Seville after allegedly stabbing a local cabbie 16 times in a brutal knife assault, sparking fresh safety demands from the city's taxi trade.