13+ hour, 19+ min ago   (185+ words) A 21-year-old passenger who wounded a taxi driver while attempting to avoid payment has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Lucas Simpson attacked the driver with a glass bottle after travelling with his girlfriend from Blackburn to Darwen on…...

9+ hour, 36+ min ago   (244+ words) Tremaine Jackson was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court after the incident in the early hours of 5 June 2026. He had been released from custody the previous day and had been drinking and taking drugs while celebrating his release, the court heard....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (472+ words) A Devon taxi driver jailed for fraudulently obtaining £100,000 in Covid Bounce Back Loans has been ordered to repay £63,790 following a financial investigation by the Insolvency Service. Murat Dogantekin, 52, was handed the confiscation order at Exeter Crown Court on Tuesday 8 September....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (685+ words) Peterborough City Council is set to consider a wide-ranging overhaul of its taxi and private hire licensing policy which could remove existing rights protecting older licensed vehicles and introduce financial checks for private hire operators. The proposals are due before…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (736+ words) A cab driver has been sentenced to six years in prison after fatigue caused him to fall asleep at the wheel and strike a man standing beside his parked vehicle in an A23 layby. Kolawole Erunkulu, 45, from Bexleyheath, pleaded guilty to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) A private hire passenger has been sentenced after a driver was assaulted, racially and religiously abused and had his vehicle damaged during an Uber-booked journey. The incident happened on 2 January 2025 after a locally licensed private hire driver collected two women…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (560+ words) A London taxi driver has been issued with a £60 private parking charge after stopping outside an elderly passenger’s home at Brentford Lock Island. Gary Taylor said he was dropping the resident outside her flat in Tallow Road, Brentford, when the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (273+ words) A Leeds taxi driver received a three-year driving ban after police spotted him using a mobile phone behind the wheel before he nearly collided with a patrol car. West Yorkshire Police said an experienced Leeds Special Constable was patrolling with…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (248+ words) Two Lincoln men have been jailed for more than three years each after robbing a taxi driver of his mobile phone. Liam O’Leary, 46, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison. Shane McHale, 23, received a sentence of three…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (201+ words) A North Ayrshire taxi driver has been handed a three-week suspension after being caught smoking inside his cab for a second time. Alister Gill, who has held a taxi licence since 2007, was seen driving slowly with the driver’s window partially…...