A private hire driver licensed by Wolverhampton City Council has received six penalty points and £760 in fines and costs after being convicted of driving without insurance following a traffic stop by Avon and Somerset Police. A Wolverhampton-licensed private hire vehicle driver has been convicted of driving without insurance after being stopped by officers on the M5 near Bristol. The case stemmed from a roadside stop carried out in June 2025 by PC Patrick Quinton, known withi

Liverpool City Council licensing officers have issued 28 defect notices after carrying out a joint roadside enforcement operation with Mersey Tunnel Police targeting licensed taxi and private hire vehicles. The Saturday evening operation saw officers inspect 53 licensed vehicles as part of ongoing efforts to ensure vehicles operating across the city are safe, compliant and meeting licensing requirements. According to Liverpool City Council, the checks were designed to ensure

Image credit: Freenow by Lyft Freenow by Lyft and Chinese technology company Baidu have officially begun testing Apollo Go autonomous vehicles on London’s roads, marking another step towards the introduction of driverless ride-hailing services in the capital. The sixth-generation Apollo Go RT6 vehicles are now operating with safety operators onboard within the London Borough of Brent. The trial forms part of the companies’ plans to introduce public passenger services during 2