Taxi drivers in Yorkshire include those with criminal records for gun possession, and violence a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
The Yorkshire Post report:
Taxi drivers with criminal records for gun possession, violence and drugs offences are working in the region, the Yorkshire Post can today reveal.
Applicants with convictions for motoring offences including drink and dangerous driving have also been granted licences, figures released following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request show.
And there are fears the true scale of criminality among cabbies could be hidden owing to slacker checks on immigrant applicants.