Inquest Opens On Bell

by Phil Cram • The inquest has opened on a Cumbrian truck driver who was killed by a falling load just weeks before he was due to retire. Bobby Bell, 64, of Maryport, died......

Cleared On Cannabis Haul

• An owner-driver has been cleared by a jury of smuggling cannabis worth £344,000 hidden in a cargo of shoes. Roger Smith, of Adelaide Rd, Tilbury, Essex told Canterbury Crown......

Eu Plans To Boost Flagging Railfreight

• The Council of EC Transport Ministers has backed a proposal by EU Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock to set up transEuropean railfreight "freeways". "We agreed on the main......

Hauliers Spend £340m On Detour

• Circumventing Switzerland on the way to Italy and the Balkans costs European hauliers nearly £340m a year, as the journey through France and Austria averages 210km longer,......

Urtu Agency To Start In April

• Preparations by the United Road Transport Union to set up a drivers agency are to start in earnest following a decision by the union's executive to endorse the plan. The first......