23+ hour, 55+ 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…...

20+ hour, 12+ 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, 15+ 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....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (295+ words) Two Bradford-licensed private hire drivers and their vehicles were suspended during a joint taxi licensing enforcement operation in Barnsley town centre. The static night-time operation took place on 18 July 2026 and involved Barnsley Council licensing officers, South Yorkshire Police and licensing…...

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, 21+ hour ago   (269+ words) A 17-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after the electric motocross bike he was riding collided with a taxi shortly after police requested him to stop in Blackpool. The collision happened shortly before 2.10pm on Friday 28 August…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (304+ words) Police have taken action against a locally licensed private hire vehicle after its registration plates were identified as “ghost plates”, raising concerns over attempts to defeat camera-based road enforcement. PC Patrick Quinton, Taxi Cop for Avon and Somerset Police, said…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (301+ words) A man remains in police custody after officers stopped a taxi travelling in the wrong direction along the A55 in North Wales. North Wales Police received a report that a taxi had been stolen from Holyhead at around 7.30pm on Monday 24 August....

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…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (97+ words) A taxi driver was assaulted by two people during a late-night incident near Carlisle Train Station. Cumbria Police said the attack happened at the taxi rank on Court Square Brow at around 11.30pm on 16 August. Officers are treating the incident as…...