by Karen Miles • Fears over the effect of toxic waste on babies born near landfill sites have led to calls for the health of...

• Eight drivers working for Cheltenham-based Ralph Davies International have escaped tachograph convictions after a court heard...

• Up to 4,000 distribution staff covered by the largest single agreement in road transport are set to be balloted for...

• City Truck Group has made the biggest ever UK civilian order of Renault trucks, spending more than 213m on 218 Premiums. •...

II Acquisitive Dutch group Norfolk Line has bought Dockspeed, and promises business as usual for customers of the award-winning...

• Despite threats of demos by animal rights groups, the chairman of Farmers Ferry, the new livestock ferry organised by Welsh...

by Rob Wino& • British hauliers will emigrate en masse if the Government continues to increase its tax burden on the...

• Newcastle United footballer Stu ning goal in a match just days aft art Pearce scored the winwalking away from his car after...

• HGV driving instructors representing driver training schools from the Midlands have abandoned plans to blockade the...

OF ROCKS AND HARD PLACES... F ancy a change? Fed up with the view outside your window? Good! Because if the Road Haulage...

• A&J Bull's waste business is to be taken over by Belgianowned United Waste—but there will be no redundancies at the London...

by Brendan Nolan • Irish hauliers, who brought Dublin Port to a standstill last summer, have persuaded their government to...

• Swift Service has a threeyear, £4.5m break - bulk and distribution contract with DIY and stationery adhesives manufacturer...

• The Department of Transport has shelved plans to upgrade the AS dual carriageway between Baillieston and Newhouse in central...

• The chill wind of recession has not yet blown through the Transport Development Group, with downturns in two separate...

by Karen Miles • Interpol has admitted that there is insufficient police control over rogue operators who illegally import...

• Two former directors of the failed Newport haulier International Cargo Brokers have been disqualified from acting as company...

• A Cumbrian truck driver who was involved in a fatal road accident on the A66 four years ago has been summonsed for speeding...

by Miles Brignall • The campaign to allow police to breath-test drivers randomly received a boost this week after figures...

• Police are again advising lorry drivers to be vigilant after arresting two groups of illegal immigrants in less than a week....

DOCTORS, PARAMEDICS, AND AMBULANCE PEOPLE from every corner jostled through a packed Ambex '98 exhibition in Harrogate,...

by Toby Clark • Leyland Trucks will cease assembly of Isuzu lightweight trucks next year, leaving the Japanese firm in need of...

• The UK's first Scania 8x2 has entered service with Gatwick Plant in Honey. Surrey. The R124G 360's full air suspension...

• A Cumbrian timber haulier has bought a specialised Seddon Atkinson drawbar outfit for operations in the Lake District....

• British Steel has commissioned an educational video to publicise a new computer programme on truck and trailer load safety...

• A Rotherhambased haulage firm has been allowed to move its operations to Barnsley without any environmental conditions. But...

against the licence held by Linwood-based Loanhead Transport, but issued a formal warning over maintenance when it appeared...

• The principal ikt director of a Man chester tipper firm has been warned by North Eastern Traffic Commissioner Keith...

• A Bolton international haulier allegedly drove a vehicle away from a test station in the middle of a test after it was found...

• A Bishop Auckland lorry driver has had his HGV licence suspended for eight days after twice exceeding the speed limit and...

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Do you want to comment on any of the stories in Commercial Motor? Does someone in the industry deserve a pat on the back—or a...

T am an owner-driver operating an artic on a weekly run to Germany and I am in need of a driver to cover a long-awaited...

o Gerry Vallely wants INVM and others to show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham (CM 16-22 July). Unfortunately...

y our article about Lex Service's proposed acquisition of Lex Vehicle Leasing is misleading (CM 6-12 August). Firstly, we have...

haulage very seriously. However, once a week our quirky cores pondent, Hik, steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the...

igel Montford from London wins the Hawk's accolade of the Jobsworth's Jobsworth! Traffic warden Nigel has dished out 5,000...

E i ou can lead a horse to water but nothing's going to make it get in the back of that van. Fortunately that wasn't the plan....

0 veco Ford chairman Fox has just notched up 40 years in the industry. Alan, seen here in his best bib and tucker, began his...

if the 1998 Vauxhall Arena looks familiar, it's because you're looking at a re-badged, updated version of the 1981 Renault...

Contrary to popular belief, Special Types doesn't just mean special weight. You may be well within the current 38-tonne GVVV...

I n June the Department of the Environment produced a report dealing with wheel loss From commercial vehicles. It was no more...

some fundamental problem with CV wheels because they demand daily monitoring to safeguard wheel security, while cars do not...

S ome operators are running into problems when transporting loads which, because of their dimensions, require notification...

E very operator must give an undertaking that he will take steps to ensure the rules on drivers' hours and tachographs are...

Tyres are not among the most glamorous parts of a truck, but they're of immense importance and represent a large item in the...

Marcus Clay (right) got his motivation to succeed from an undeserved snipe from a colleague. Now, he has not only achieved what...

assistant," says Clay. "Then I was site foreman, then sales manager." He was then promoted to sales director, a position he...

on the Continent you stand a good chance of paying over the odds just to get your truck back on the road. Pat Hagan reports on...

awareness about the danger it poses is so limited. It can impair driv,inga niuch as drink and drugs and is blamei for up to one...

some friendly advice for hauliers and their customers: check the small print in your policies! 'This may go some way towards...