Taxi Driver Stories

Community mourns popular taxi driver Chris ‘Mucker’ Boyle

Father-of-five Chris, who was 57, was described by colleagues as “one of the best” and the “kindest, funniest, most genuine, helpful taxi driver ever”.

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Caring pet taxi driver shortlisted for award

For people without transport – or with animals that taxi drivers refuse to take – pet taxi services can be a lifeline. And it is more than a case of simply taking an owner and their pet from one place to another.

A group of over 40 taxi drivers stood with children outside Southport Pleasureland. They are all smiling and waving their hands in the air. This is Liverpool's 40th annual taxi outing, where taxi drivers volunteer to take vulnerable children on an all-expenses-paid day out of fun.

Taxi drivers unite to give young people another special day out

Taxi drivers, volunteers and sponsors have been thanked for making an annual children’s outing to Southport a success.

black and silver hackney cabs lined up at a taxi rank

Collapsed taxi driver saved by quick-thinking colleagues and firefighter

Taxi drivers are on the front line and in a position where they can be the difference between life and death.

Flight to Germany cancelled, no problem, let’s book a cab!

When die-hard England football fans found out their flight to Germany was cancelled the day before the match, they hatched a last-minute plan to reach Düsseldorf with the help of an obliging taxi driver.

Meet the young taxi driver who always gets asked about her age

As with any profession, people have ideas about what a typical doctor, teacher or lawyer looks like. For taxi drivers, most passengers expect a middle-aged man to be at the wheel.

Funeral Director with a cane and top hat in front of a funeral car. Trees in the background.

Communities feel the losses of two long-serving cabbies

Taxi drivers are a close-knit community in which members always have each other’s backs. But they are also a huge part of the communities they serve, often for decades, taking people everywhere from the shops and pub to train stations and airports.

Taxi drivers help give children another incredible day out

The event – dubbed the Taxi to Troon – sees taxi drivers take deserving youngsters on a free special trip to the seaside town and has been taking place since 1945, with more than 74,000 children having enjoyed the outings since then.

Guide dog helping a blind man in the city

Taxi drivers are unfairly labelled when it comes to accessibility

Taxi drivers make positive differences to people’s lives, especially those with disabilities, but when things go wrong, the finger of suspicion is pointed unfairly.

overlay of taxi driver martin wells pictured smiling in his taxi with a photo of him posing in front of his taxi in the background

Praise for taxi driver and couple who reunited woman, 95, with her family

Taxi drivers are no strangers to going above and beyond the call of duty. They are on the front line and see people at their best, as well as their worst.

Sing along with musical cabbie’s catchy Christmas single

If you weren’t a taxi driver, what would you be? After hearing a catchy Christmas tune, we know the answer for one talented cabbie!

Veteran Gloucestershire taxi driver Michael Ian Brown has released Santa’s on his Way to help spread festive cheer – and shows he is just at home with a microphone