London cabbies have to memorize every street in the city before they can get behind the wheel of a taxi. To them, it brings a critical advantage that GPS-wielding Uber could never provide. Kent was a ...

Bahrain Mujagata is just 21 years old and balances taxi driving with university studies and acting classes ...

London is not a good place for fans of right angles. People who like the methodical grid system of Manhattan will whimper and cry at the baffling knot of streets of England’s capital. In this ...

When was the last time you took a black cab? For the past decade the number of old school taxis in the capital has been dwindling thanks to the rise of ride-hailing apps, which massively undercut ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Hundreds of Londoners have signed up to become black taxi drivers after being given the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:MarioGuti/Getty Images (MarioGuti/Getty Images) A little blue book holds the secrets of London's streets - hundreds of ...

Regarded as one of the toughest memory and navigational exams in the world, the Knowledge is a test that every London black cab driver has to get through. Since it began 160 years ago, it has thwarted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Changes are to be made to the “Knowledge” test taken by London black cab drivers in a bid to preserve the long-term future of the ...

Changes are to be made to the “Knowledge” test taken by London black cab drivers in a bid to preserve the long-term future of the taxi trade. This is one of a series of 14 pledges in a new action plan ...