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London’s black cab trade is at a crossroads: can it survive?

TfL data reveals that new black-cab driver numbers have fallen to record lows, yet applications to sit the qualifying exam

Eight of the drivers stand in front of five of the six taxis. They are in a dark carpark and the headlights are on.

Their stories: London taxi drivers on transporting refugees from Poland

Six London taxis returned to the UK yesterday after transporting 28 refugees from Poland.  Matt Westfall and his 11-person team

Six black taxis are parked in a line in a carpark. It is night time and blurry.

Six London taxi drivers convoy to Poland to transport refugees

Six working London taxi drivers departed for the Ukrainian-Polish border from Harwich, Essex at 11pm last night to deliver aid

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