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• Pennine Haulage, formed to take over the operations of Fewston Transport—the company involved in the Sowerby Bridge accident—has succeeded in obtaining a full five-year Operator's Licence.
At a Leeds public inquiry last week the deputy Licensing Authority Brian Horner said he was satisfied that the company, which trades as Pennine Bulk Transport, was a new and responsible company with no association with Fewston.
Fewston's 0-licence was taken away in January after one of its vehicle's involvement in the accident at Sowerby Bridge, which killed six people.
However, Horner expressed concern over an immediate prohibition issued to Pennine in January when one its drivers—an exFewston employee—failed to check his vehicle's vvheelnuts properly, leaving five out of 10 wheelnuts loose.
Pennine applied for a licence for 35 vehicles and 10 trailers based at Fewston's former operating centre at Rock Quarry, Skipton.