A taxi driver who continued working after South Oxfordshire District Council suspended his licence has been fined and given eight penalty points. Tariq Mehmood, 48, was found guilty of three offences at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on Friday 16 October 2026. He was convicted of driving a licensed hackney carriage without a hackney carriage driver’s licence, driving without valid insurance and failing to return his council-issued driver’s badge. Mehmood had pleaded not guil

The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association (LTDA) has urged taxi drivers to keep their DBS Update Service subscriptions active, warning that a missed annual payment could affect their licensing and ability to work. In an article published on the LTDA website, executive Paul Kirby said Transport for London (TfL) would not issue a taxi driver’s licence unless the driver was signed up to the service. If a subscription lapses, drivers may have to submit a new DBS application and coul

Image credit: Cab Direct Reading Borough Council is proposing to review its hackney carriage vehicle specifications, including the turning circle requirement, to allow more wheelchair accessible vehicles to be considered for licensing. The proposals are set out in a report to the council’s Licensing Applications Committee. Officers say the current standards leave only three models eligible: the LTi TX4, LTi LEVC and Mercedes Vito. The Vito is the only one of the three able to