The challenging exam, which was introduced in 1865, requires drivers to memorise 25,000 streets across London and 100,000 landmarks within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross.
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Figures show the number of new applications for black cab licences has dropped by almost 95 per cent in a decade, from 3,484 in 2011/12 to just 221 last year.