Farmer's overload
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• A front axle overload and using a vehicle without an 0-licence, has cost Lanarkshire farmer Richard Allison £90 in fines and costs. Penrith magistrates heard that a licence was held in the north west and it had not been transferred when Allison moved to Biggar.
Sideboards extra
• A 17% front axle overload cost Newcastle upon Tyne-based CP Insulations and its driver Sean O'Reilly £630 in fines and costs when they appeared before Penrith magistrates. The court was told that the plated weight had not taken account of sideboards that had been added later.
Friendly neighbour
• West Midland LA John Mervyn Pugh has adjourned a bid by Rana Textiles to move its operating centre for one 7.5-tonne vehicle to a residential road in Mosley. The LA indicated that he did not consider the site suitable, although the bid was supported by a neighbour.