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• A Hungarian truck driver and two Turks have been arrested for smuggling 80ic of heroin worth £7.5m after armed police and Customs officers raided/Granada Services in Grays, Essex.
• One man died and 16 others were seriously injured when a clump truck collided with a personnel carrier at Dalguhandy Quarry, Lanarkshire
• The East Midlands Joint Industrial Council will be negotiating wages for the region on 3 March.
• On 27 February the Driving Standards Agency will close its HGV driving test centre at Waterbeach, Combs.
iv The IRTE is to advise road safety campaign Brake on vehicle engineering.
• WV van and truck dealer Carrow Commercials of Norwich has become part of the Ford & Slater group.
• Parcels carrier Nightsprd Services, has opened a third depot in London to cope with increased business.
• The Government is to look at the impact of increased ferry fares on the social and business life of the island communilies in the North and West of Scotland.
• The Retail Motor Industry Federation has told Chancellor Gordon Brown to think about imposing higher taxes on public transport rather than HGVs and cars in the upcoming Budget.
• Commercial Motor's Green Bulletin was a finalist in the Best Business Coverage Category in last week's British Environment & Media Awards.