• Anybody who thinks that an eye for an eye is the best way to solve the 'lamb war' had better think again. British livestock...

• A collision between a double-deck animal transporter and a Landrover on the M1 near Milton Keynes last Monday (10 September)...

• The 'lamb war' with French farmers took a new turn this week when a French truck driver was viciously attacked on the M2 in...

• Britain's surviving truck manufacturers have turned in disastrous August sales figures. ERF, Seddon Atkinson and Foden...

• The TUC has passed a monon urging the Government to spend more on Britain's transport infrastructure. At last week's TUC...

ried that the attack will make things worse for British truck drivers who, so far, have escaped personal violence. "From now on...

• The harmonisation of road and fuel taxes will be discussed by the EC in Brussels next week. Germany is expected to press for...

• Plans to improve the road system in the North-West include three new further sections of motorway around Manchester and...

• Dover's 2m Fast Freight system for computerised clearance of export freight is scheduled to come on stream in October. Swiss...

• A London coroner has branded lorries "lethal weapons" after an accident in which an 86-year-old woman was killed by a truck...

• Traffic police in Hertfordshire are to meet local magistrates in a bid to see tougher penalties imposed on foreign drivers...

• Fresh doubts about the safety of cross-channel ferries are raised in a report from the Consumers' Association, which claims...

• A Surrey removals firm may have to halve its workforce as a result of vehicle thefts over the past eight weeks, which have...

• IvIAN's truck manufacturing, engineering and steel business yielded a 25% increase in net income for the year ending June...

• The M40 is to open early despite problems caused by surface cracking which is costing £18m to repair. The cracks opened up...

• Lancashire Police want to speak to anyone who was driving in the Rufford area to the north-east of Orrnskirk on Friday 24...

• Eaton's constant-mesh grip on the UK heavy truck gearbox market has suffered a knock with the news that MAN-VW is to...

• Land Rover has made a number of changes to the 90/ 110/130 range for the 1991 model year, including the deletion of the old...

replace both — with much less weight. To keep the 17.322's kerbweight to a minimum, MAN is fitting a single bunk instead of a...

• Pinzgauer's UK supplier Outreach has supplied Hereford & Worcester fire brigade with a 6x6 light fire tender chassis. The...

• ERE is developing a new, four-bag, drive-axle air suspension package which it will be showing in pre-production form at the...

• Iveco has fed us with a steady stream of heavy tractive units over the past eight years or so, all in a family of 224kW...

/ Two directors who led the management buyout at WilcoxSeadyke in January have been fired by backers Dartmore Investment and...

• Ryder has picked up a £5m contract hire agreement, involving around 60 vehicles, with carpets and furnishing retailer Allied...

marketplace, North-West company TLS Range has shown a 17% increase in its interim profits compared to the same period last...

• Receivers have been called in at the Willhire Group, putting nearly 250 jobs at risk. The company was put on the market by...

• Imports of Romanian Dacia and Indian Mahindra fourwheel-drive vehicles have been suspended after receivers were sent in to...

• Fuel company Q8 has hived-off its lubricants deliveries operations in a three-year deal with P&O Distribution. It is the...

• United Carriers, part of the UCI Group, has renewed its distribution contract for Standard Fireworks, carrying at least 60%...

• British Rail is considering the launch of a modified domestic wagonload service from the ashes of Speedlink, which is...

• Amersham groupage firm Transaction is seeking small haulage companies to build up business in Kent, East Anglia and the...

• AWD Trucks has netted a multi-million, five-year contract hire and vehicle maintenance deal to supply Malden Timber, part of...

• At least 50 staff are expected to lose their jobs at Yorkshire Rider following a restructuring of the company's headquarters...

• Yellow Buses has taken delivery of one of seven East Lancashire-bodied Dennis Dominators — the rest will be delivered by the...

• About 20 drivers will be made redundant at Go-Ahead Northern this month when the Tyne & Wear-based operator closes two of its...

summer sale" starts on 17 September at the Barrhead, Anston, Bristol and Ware sites. More than 200 coaches will be on offer...

• An advice bureau for bus and coach operators; which has been set up in Teesside, is ' trying to attract more PSV members. So...

• Most bus operators throughout the UK will be forced to increase fares by at least 10% within the next month, to cover the...

• East Yorkshire Motor Services subsidiary Scarborough and District has brought forward its winter schedules and cut a further...

• South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive has opened a 27.5m interchange station in Sheffield, which is linked to the new...

Companies is breaking into international coach recovery and repairs with a scheme launched this week. It now offers recovery,...

• The drafting of transport legislation is getting more complicated and tortuous year by year. If a learned judge finds points...

• Moms Haulage and one of its drivers were given absolute discharges by Harrogate magistrates on a charge of using a vehicle...

• Barnet magistrates have dismissed charges against Falcongate Freight Management and one of its drivers involving the alleged...

• Using a coach to carry schoolchildren while it was still subject to a prohibition notice cost Ayrshire coach operator George...

II Formby Transport Services has been granted a licence for 12 vehicles and trailers by North Western Licensing Authority...

Next week's Motor Show hosts the world premiere of two vans whose aim in the UK is simple: to take on and beat the Transit. In...

• Flitting over to the Continent recently, the Hawk spotted the following ambiguous, curious, pussing and sometimes frankly...

Readers picking up the 8 September issue of a certain free transport journal may have suffered from a strange feeling of deja...

the truckers anthem, Convoy, by CW McCall, the Hawk is dismayed to learn it has been voted No 23 in the worst hit singles of...

soon be taking a closer interest in vehicles festooned with nodding dogs, dangling skeletons and furry dice. The Institute of...

NORWICH REVISITED • Jewson's Eastern regional transport manager Steve Watson and his assistant Heather Hubbard are moving from...

GOING INTO SERVICE • Seddon Atkinson has appointed Grays, Essex-based Les Sampson Services aRsa parts and service main dealer...

HOT NEWS IN CHELTENHAM • Gloucestershire Fire Liaison Panel's one-day seminar on the fire risk of vehicles has been rescheduled...

• The Scottish Conunercial Vehicle Show will be held on 19-21 March 1992 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in...

Berlin on 17-18 October and will feature an environmental transport debate looking at the use of CFCs in reefers. A CFC...

• The. European Distribution Show will be held at Wembley from 2-4 October. About 80 companies will take part from sectors...

place at Annecy, France on 20 September. The debate will involve French, Italian and Swiss carriers. The aim is to focus on...

own radio station, broadcasting 24 hours a day on 1602kHz with details of travel, traffic and show news. Called Motorshow...

ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CPC • 1001 Typical CPC Questions & Answers is the title of a new companion volume to the established...

HAMBURG AHOY • DSR's England Line is launching a ferry service to Hamburg. It will sail from Hull on Sundays and Wednesdays,...

A LEG TO STAND ON • The Buzzlift leg landing system for HGVs is now available from Busby Holdings of . Dyfed. The air-operated...

which fits over the wheel arches of commercial vehicles up to 15 tonnes has been launched by Stamford International of Bourne,...

M4 London: J4B (M25) outside lane closed each way. M4 London: Overnight eastbound closed completely between J3 (near Heston...

M4 South Glamorgan: Contraflow in J29 (Castleton) and Thornhill; 50mph limit. M4 West Glamorgan: Reduced lane width on both...

M1 Leicestershire: Two lanes available each way between J23 (Loughborough) and J24 (East Midlands Airport). MI...

M6 Cheshire: 117-18 (Sandbach/A54); two lanes each way; slip roads closed. M57 Merseyside: Contraflow between 11 (Tarbock) and...

M9 Lothian: Single-line traffic both ways at J1 (Newbridge roundabout). 47 Lothian: Lane restrictions on north bridge,...

oil pump with a flow rate of up to 30 litres per minute, working off a 12v supply. The pump, with a moulded nylon housing....

• Step forward if you reckon you need a 208kW (279hp) six-wheeler. You might find yourself with more company than you expected....

Not only do they aid drivers with dayto-day operations, they also help to tackle stress. • The loneliness of a long-distance...

So 20 drivers from the firm returned to the classroom one Saturday for a day-long session. General driving and delivery...

Scottish Road Services, part of the NFC, won the multimillion pound contract. • An experienced transport man has to have a...

ENVIRONMENTAL OPPOSITION Q have recently applied for an Operator's Licence as I wish to start my own haulage business. I know...

• Anyone-hurrying westward along the M4 could well miss the lveco Ford Truck assembly plant at Langley. But for those who...

the Hawker Hurricane was statistically the most important British fighter in the Battle of Britain. During the battle, the...

• Bondalpha's subcontractors are told to remember this: although their loads are expensive, they are insured. And that rule is...

PARKING PROBLEMS • I have read reports recently in Commercial Motor about a public inquiry in Leeds where 15 operators were...

Tankfreight has promoted Roy Rumbold from its Upper Thames depot to become regional director South-East — petroleum. In this...

UK agent for Dutch coach bodybuilder Berkhof, has appointed David Waterman sales and marketing director. He joins AVE from...

director is Dudley Murfin, who has worked at the firm for 20 years. Murfin maintains his position as managing director of the...

Mercedes-Benz (UK), Alan Grigg has become general manager truck marketing, Chris Aschoff is now general manager, after-sales;...

He is based at the corn pany's head office at Grays, Essex and is responsible for sales co-ordination and development of...

He joined the firm in 1987 as a fitter and is now responsible for engineering at its four depots at Dunstable, Gloucester,...

executive for the Pacific region of LEP international. Based in Hong Kong, he will head branches in the Ear East and Australasia.

the new post of product marketing manager. Burke joins from Leyland Daf where he was product planning manager; he has also...

Owner Operators UK as national development manager UK after spending 13 years at the United Road Transport Union, where he was...

Wincanton Distribution Services has set up a new central management team. Alastair Meikle has moved over from Wincanton...

will also manage the new division, TNT Aerospace. He was previously single market planning and development manager at TNT....

Brian Bird says goodbye to Mercedes to join North East Leyland Daf as general sales manager, where he will co-ordinate van and...

new business development manager at Lynx. His brief is to concentrate on the Specialist Services division, and to win...

has died at the age of 57: Before joining the trailer firm six months ago he was regional sales manager at Granning UK. He was...