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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.

 waymo depot with rows of driverless taxis parked

Honking robotaxis are driving residents mad

An autonomous taxi depot has given neighbours nightmares after its self-driving vehicles began honking their horns at each other in the middle of the night.

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Taxi drivers faced despicable abuse during riots

This summer’s riots saw violence across the country, and taxi and PHV drivers targeted because of their occupation.

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Would a taxi driver really throw colleagues under a bus by cloning plates?

Taxi drivers look out for each other and while there can be a fierce rivalry between cabbies and PHV drivers, few would break the law to drop another driver in it.

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Private hire drivers welcome court ruling on VAT

Private hire drivers on Merseyside secured a victory for drivers nationally when a court ruled in their favour that fares outside the capital should not be subject to VAT.

Taxi drivers welcome back popular taxi insurance brand

For more than 30 years, Cabshield provided taxi drivers with insurance cover that met the needs of their business. The name reassured them that they were in safe hands and was a guarantee of the service they would receive.

 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 cab taxi parked in a taxi rank outside a London station. An older man in a navy suit is standing outside of the cab, leaning through the window, seemingly talking to the taxi driver.

Fares rise in drive to keep cabbies on the road

Taxi fares in London have risen by more than twice the level of inflation in a bid to keep more cabbies behind the wheel as rising prices continue to hit drivers in the pocket.

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Uber improves app to make it more accessible to everyone

Taxi booking apps such as Uber have transformed the industry, but those with hidden disabilities – such as impaired sight or hearing – can be at a disadvantage as advances in technology improve the booking process.

 Electric Taxi is charging on street doc station in the town centre of Coventry

Ultra-low emission plans spark concerns among taxi drivers

In a bid to reduce emissions and hit its net-zero carbon deadline of 2030, Reading Borough Council wants to replace petrol and diesel cabs with ultra-low emissions vehicles, such as EV and hybrid black cabs.

 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.