BRIEFS Police recorded 2,931 offences from 6,411 vehicles examined during this month's naid check Some 655 PG9s were issued.
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Customs reported increas es in the amounts of eroin and cann,-.1 found on board vehicles last year. But the amounts of synthetic drugs and herbal cannabis discovered were down on 1996 figures.
Annual road networ lance expendit , at £437m, is nearly £200m too low, according to the British Road Federation, which says the UK will face an "impossible situation within five years" if this is not addressed.
The Government's erdov,:neri• will be available for HGV driver training, says employment minister Andrew Smith. The Road Haulage & Distribution Training Council is drawing up a national training programme for hauliers to take advantage of the opportunity. Contact: 01908 313360.
The M4 Chiswick flvove will not, as feared, require major structural work. Motoring organisations had predicted the worst jams ever seen in Britain if the £100m engineering project went ahead.
The genera has climbed down from demanding that employers recognise unions if a majority of workers vote in a company. It now wants union recognition if 30% of the workforce vote yes in a ballot.
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