Spalding roadworks leave taxi crews in hour-plus jams
Cycle path, sinkhole and street closures stretch short trips; council cites short-term pain for long-term gain.
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Flintshire probes taxi filmed on YouTube with ALN child
Cllr Parkhurst shared phone footage of a driver watching YouTube on a school run; council opens safeguarding inquiry.
Diesel near £2 puts taxi fuel surcharges back on agenda
RAC diesel hit 192.86p mid-September; councils with published extras can move faster than a full fare rewrite.
Tesla Cybercab loops Austin hotel lot, ‘arrives’ at start
Engineer’s X clip: construction blocked an exit; gold robotaxi drove back and forth four times then ended the trip.
Southampton taxi driver’s car torched outside family home
Sukhy Sidhu woke to Ring alert on Stanton Road; Hampshire Police treating blaze as suspected arson.
DECO challenges Lisbon Airport €16/€19 fixed taxi protocol
Consumer group says voluntary flat fares from 15 October may block meter choice and lack proper municipal tariff basis.
London cab trade warns TX5 parts shortages risk fleet
Legal Taxi: long waits for TX parts as LEVC winds production; TfL says it would act if vehicle supply fails.
Waymo stuck in Phoenix flood ‘AI loop’, nearly hits car
Witness video: robotaxi hesitated on flooded street over 10 minutes; earlier floods prompted service pauses.
Denbighshire freezes Wales’ highest taxi fares for 2027
Licensing committee keeps October 2025 rates after trade consult; fares top Wales and beat England average.
Hartlepool set to keep yellow cabs despite cost warning
418 of 491 consult replies back AA Yellow; Blueline cites £2k+ wraps and EV colour limits — officers recommend keep.
Glasgow PH driver suspended after ‘recording’ complaint
Abdiqadir Mohamed Nur denied filming passengers; committee upheld complaint — six-week licence suspension.
Glasgow Uber PH suspended for street pickup without booking
Alaa-Aldi Abdul Aleem took Union Street pair to Jamaica Street hotel; committee rejected ‘free lift’ claim — six weeks.
Carlisle court: cabbie guilty over £50k cannabis in boot
Muhammad Malik claimed a customer left the bag; judge called story implausible and branded him likely a courier.
Oxfordshire dad: SEND pupils missing school over taxi gaps
Archie’s autistic son waited two weeks for a replacement home-to-school taxi after contract change; council cites 99%.
Highland votes no confidence in five over rapist cab row
Council 56–6 condemns Kennedy, Birt, Grafton, Stewart and Macpherson after they let David Brown keep operator licences.
Uber hit with $40m award after rider left on Orange County freeway
Parents of Emily Normandin-Parker win arbitration; driver Vu Tran dumped intoxicated women at an illegal gore point.
Lucid and Bolt plan 25,000 robotaxis across Europe
Partnership targets Level 4 Lucid Midsize AVs on Bolt’s platform with NVIDIA Hyperion; no firm deployment timetable yet.
LTDA and Freenow urge temporary London cab age-limit pause
With TX assembly ending Sept 2026 and TX6 not due until H2 2027, trade fears drivers left without vehicles.
Carlisle cabbies say trade ‘nosedived’ as council reviews fares
Association claims low pay, WAV shortage and poor consult; Cumberland pledges tariff review and dialogue.
Gwynedd lifts one-mile taxi maximum from £3.60 to £4
First hackney rise since 2022 from 1 October; late-night window 10pm–7am and night uplift cut to +50%.
Why Irish taxi fares feel high — and what reform could mean
UCD analysis: CCPC wants more ride-hail competition; minister rejects free-for-all; Portugal TVDE as middle path.
Drunk driver gets 24 years for Gilbert crash that killed Lyft pair
Robb Hintzsche, 0.287% BAC at 90mph+, killed driver Nicole Snell, passenger Marisa Jorgenson and service dog Bellini.