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"They get to work in taxis, come home and hide in their own houses," she told BBC News NI.

Police received intelligence that the three taxi drivers were planning to leave the UK and had already paid a deposit for their transport.

But it now says it is introducing an accelerated framework for small autonomous "bus and taxi like" commercial services to get them underway earlier.

The taxi service first launched in San Francisco and Phoenix and plans to expand to Miami, Atlanta and Austin, Texas.

As police struggled with another day of unrest in downtown L.A., several Waymo autonomous taxis were set on fire, sending thick plumes of black smoke billowing high into the air.