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Last updated 21 Mar 2026 · 221 storiesStoke-on-Trent taxi firm warns of 'slight delays' due to Eid
Stoke-on-Trent Live
Taxi passengers are being warned of 'slight delays' - due to Eid celebrations. Any disruption to services is expected on Saturday 21 March.
Read more →Dumfries and Galloway Council Approves New Taxi Rules to Boost Wheelchair Access
Dumfries & Galloway News
At its meeting on Thursday 19 March, Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Enabling and Customer Services Committee approved a package of measures to support taxi services across the region and improve the…
Read more →Woman arrested after taxi taken for joyride in Dereham
Eastern Daily Express
The incident happened in Commercial Road, Dereham, at around 7.40pm on Wednesday. She had caught a ride and, after being dropped off, got into the driver’s seat and drove the vehicle away.
Read more →‘We invited Uber to fix Aberdeen taxi crisis — now we need to change the rules to do it’
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6979166/aberdeen-inspired-taxi-rules-uber-consultation/
The dearth of taxis at key times in Aberdeen city centre isn’t top of the list, it’s definitely always in the top three,” Adrian Watson tells me.
Read more →Uber to invest up to $1.25 billion in EV maker Rivian in deal to launch 50,000 robotaxis
CNBC
Uber plans to invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of a deal to deploy up to 50,000 robotaxis through 2031, the companies announced Thursday.
Read more →Taxi driver spared jail after death of drunk pedestrian who stumbled in front of car
The Mirror
Walter Burke, 63, of Worthington Road, Lichfield was on his way to a morning job when he ploughed into 59-year-old Jasbir Singh on Birmingham's city centre ring road
Read more →Men jailed for attempted murder of taxi passenger
BBC News
Two men have received lengthy prison sentences for the attempted murder of an 18-year-old man who shot and repeatedly stabbed in the back of a taxi.
Read more →Taxi driver loses appeal after licence revoked by Wolverhampton council over use of illegal ghost plates
Express & Star
A taxi driver has lost his court appeal against a city council revoking his private hire licence over the use of illegal ghost plates.
Read more →Taxi driver 'threatened with knife and robbed' in Grimsby
Grimsby Live
A taxi driver was ‘threatened with a knife and robbed’ in Grimsby at the weekend. It is alleged the driver was approached by three men wearing face coverings on Robert Pearson Mews at around 2.20pm…
Read more →6 taxi drivers licences revoked after being deemed not “fit and proper” to work in Southend
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/6-taxi-drivers-licences-revoked-10863480
Six taxi drivers have had their licences revoked by Southend Council after being deemed not “fit and proper” to work in the city, new figures reveal. A Freedom of Information request shows the…
Read more →UK city set to compare taxi licence requirements to Wolverhampton Council following safety concerns
Express & Star
Portsmouth councillors are set to review how the city’s taxi and private hire licensing rules compare with Wolverhampton plated taxis following concerns about safety.
Read more →Taxi drivers smuggled hundreds of illegal migrants from UK to France
The Standard
‘Top boss’ Madjid Belabes, 54, made nearly £290,000 running cross-Channel migrant gang
Read more →'You covering taxi fares?': Fans stunned after being told actual location for 'new Manchester festival'
Manchester Evening News
No Art festival organisers had said the event heralded the arrival of a "new festival for Manchester" but the location reveal has upset some ticket-holders
Read more →Taxi driver jailed for operating cannabis growhouses nationwide
RTE
A taxi driver who operated cannabis growhouses all over the country for over ten years and whom gardaí say was linked to the Kinahan organised crime group has been jailed for six years at the Dublin…
Read more →Aberdeen taxi levels revealed as locals could now help scrap controversial knowledge test
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6971247/aberdeen-taxi-consultation/
Aberdeen residents now have the chance to tell the council what they think of taxi levels in the city - and to potentially change rules on entering the trade... Here's all you need to know about it.
Read more →Warning of fake barber shops and taxi drivers in Goring
Oxford Mail
A Conservative peer has hit out at "fake barber shops and taxi drivers" in a south Oxfordshire village.
Read more →Men who firebombed taxi office and cars during gang war jailed for 25 years
STV News
Three men who played roles in a “gangland war” against a gangland boss have been jailed for a total of 25 years.
Read more →Fuel price rise makes profit 'tricky' for taxis
BBC News
A taxi driver from Shrewsbury has said increased costs in fuel make his industry "a very tricky way to make a living."
Read more →Taxi driver sexually assaulted woman in Hastings
The Argus
A self-employed taxi driver picked a woman up and sexually assaulted her in a secluded place in Hastings.
Read more →Taxi driver hit with restraining order after delivering three love letters to a Hebburn woman
The Shields Gazette
A taxi driver who hand delivered three love letters to a South Tyneside woman he dumped one day but regretted the next has been ordered to keep away from her by a court.
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