All three of the regular online trade news sources are carrying articles on this, and as normal making a wee bit of a meal of it. Or at least one or more are, but I suppose that's what happens when you rely on you-know-what for your output
But it's maybe newsworthy because it's on the Wolves 'public protection' Twitter/X account, and it's unusual for them to post about any wrongdoing at all, and it's usually more of an excuse just to show that they're undertaking compliance operations, in a PR-ish style. And I certainly can't recall one like this
Wolverhampton Council public protection wrote:
This afternoon, Compliance came across this @WolvesCouncil PHV on a taxi rank, in St. Helens Town Centre, Merseyside. The driver argued that he wasn't parked on a rank, I beg to differ!! A private hire vehicle is NOT a taxi, don't stop, pick up or drop off on a taxi rank.
