Wolverhampton takes Get Home Safe taxi tips to uni students
Compliance team explains plate/badge checks and why private hire must be pre-booked — not street-hailed.
Rother leaders back ~10% taxi fare rise for consultation
Cabinet varies hackney card: higher flag, shorter steps, dog extras; late rate from midnight.
GM opens £2m fund for private hire drivers to go greener
Up to £2,500 grants for Euro 4+ petrol, Euro 6 diesel or ZEC swaps; follows support for 400+ black cabs.
Uber drivers sue in Amsterdam over ‘scary’ AI pay algorithm
Collective claim: black-box rates and GDPR breaches; Uber denies personalising offers from accept history.
Harrisons Taxis wins East Midlands Taxi Business of the Year
West Northants firm covering Harborough grew from two drivers in 2024; public vote My Local Awards.
Mohali taxi driver guilty of third rape-murder of woman, 60
Monu Kumar, 40, already jailed for killing two others; court heard he took victim from home and dumped body near school.
Blackburn man jailed 3½ years after bottle attack on cabbie
Lucas Simpson fled unpaid Darwen fare then smashed bottle on driver’s brow; jury rejected ‘wicked lie’ about driver.
Teesside woman ordered after stealing cabbie’s phone and wallet
Daniella Shellard reached into Royal Cars PHV near Newport Bridge; 18-month community order plus drug rehab.
Corby cabbies: North Northants knowledge test too wide
Trade tells Cllr Harrison unitary-wide routes block renewals; review promised after harmonised licensing policy.
Driving Health launches UK GP and wellbeing plan for cabbies
Subscription: remote GPs, mental-health line, physio/dietitian slots and Group 2 monitoring for taxi and PH drivers.
Northants Take Me managers raise £3,200 on wilderness challenge
Jodie Wright and Gareth Footbatten’s Lake District ordeal for Hope Against Cancer; wider total tops £15,000.
Tesla Cybercab turns 10-minute Austin hop into 70-minute slog
No-highway robotaxi loops south around Red Line tracks; rider paid about $20 with no time estimate shown.
Video feature: cracking London’s legendary taxi Knowledge
Yahoo clip explores the multi-year blue-book marathon that still gates black-cab licensing in the capital.
NYC cabbie Jagjit Singh found dead — third in three months
West Village vigil after 53-year-old parked post-drop; union links long hours and pay stress to on-job deaths.
Derby’s Chads Cars merges with Birmingham’s Star Cars
Combined Midlands PH fleet about 370; Matkin family retires as Zoe Matkin stays co-owner with Star’s Markham.
Brighton & Hove trade again pushes for higher cab fares
LDR: city slipped in national rankings; shorter clocking steps proposed — cabinet then public consultation.
Hull’s WER2 funds bleed kits with 10p fare rise
After knife threat to a driver, firm fits first Bleed Control Kit and seeks sites for 20 more in the community.
Waymo, GO and Nihon Kotsu aim for Tokyo robotaxis in 2027
Japan’s first fully driverless commercial taxis planned; small fleet then ~100 cars via GO and Waymo apps.
Gatwick taxi guide 2026: £57–£115 into central London
Fixed PH quotes vary widely; metered cabs higher in traffic; terminal drop-off now £10 — check waiting and extras.
Couple hospitalised after Uber crash on way to Bournemouth Airport
Parley Lane three-vehicle smash before 6am; passengers say holiday ruined — Uber investigating.
Gen Z Uber Black driver in Bengaluru posts ~Rs 46k week
22-year-old Hamtor Debbarma’s viral video shows big week; he frames gig work as chosen flexibility, not failure.
Benalmádena upgrades taxi ranks and lifts fares after 7 years
Pueblo rank refurbished; Costa del Sol-agreed tariff update as fuel costs climb; PMR services monitored.