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• Leyland Dal has introduced a Special Edition of the 45 Series 7.5-tonner. Aimed at the retail market, the Special Edition is said to offer £2,450-worth of extras for £890 more than the standard price, in 150, 160 or 180hp versions of day or sleeper-cab models. These extras include an airsuspended seat, electric windows, a 3.2-tonne rated front axle and a heavy-duty electrical pack.
• BP Dominion Oil has bought a 7.5-tonne fuel tanker based on a shortwheelbase Leyland Daf 45 Series chassis, which is claimed to be the UK's smallest bottom-loading tanker. Barnes Group supplied the vehicle, which has a Maidment Tanker Services body and pumping gear, for use on the Isle of Wight. It is designed for areas where access is tight, and is approved for use with petrol as well as fuel and heating oil.
Double trouble
• Prohibition notices and convictions have led to the revocation of the licence held by Coventry-based Necacore and a two-week suspension for the associated Godiva Stone.
Burns withdraws
• A bid for an international licence for six vehicles by Burns Express Freight, of Paisley, was withdrawn as it was due to be considered by Scottish TC Michael Betts at a Glasgow public inquiry.
Wait for appeal
• North Eastern TC Keith Waterworth has set aside the revocation of the licence held by Craig Colledge, trading as CT Transport, of Guiseborough pending an appeal to the Transport Tribunal.
Conditions attached
• Bordesley Green-based Keyani & Sons was granted a new one-vehicle licence, subject to a string of undertakings relating to the vehicle's maintenance, when the firm appeared at a Birmingham public inquiry.
Ottoman backs out
• A series of tachograph infringements led South Eastern & Metropolitan TC Brigadier Michael Turner to suspend the licence of Newtown, London-based Ottoman International Transport. The company withdrew its bid to increase its licence for one vehicle and trailer to five vehicles and five trailers in the face of police opposition.