This is the Daily Gazette rehash, which echoes the use of the r-word in the headline:
Colchester taxi 'not fit for the road' has licence revokedhttps://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/256 ... -fit-road/A taxi driver carrying passengers around Colchester had their licence revoked due to the vehicle not being fit for the road.
Essex Police's neighbourhood policing team have been working with Colchester Council's licencing team to ensure taxis across the city are safe.
Officers stop and engage with taxi drivers to make sure their documentation is up to date and their vehicles are safe to carry passengers.
One taxi licence was revoked yesterday due to the taxi not being fit for the road.
The driver was issued with a traffic offence report.