Refugee returned
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/ A Palestinian refugee clung to an axle of a British meat truck returning from France in a desperate attempt to sneak into the UK. Immigration officials have sent Djamel Saide back to France.
Longer drawbars / Roads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope has approved regulations to increase the overall length of drawbar units to 18.35m from 17 October.
Diesel rise MI Diesel prices, which rose lp to 45.9p a litre over the weekend, are likely to increase again, according to fuel analyst Oil Price Assessment.
TUG bid MI The Transport Users Group plans to win the BS5750 quality standard.
Not opposed
• Environment Minister David Trippier has stressed that Britain does not oppose European Community proposals for an energy tax based on the carbon dioxide content of fuels.
No planning
• London will be poorer than Hamburg, Brussels or Paris by the mid-1990s because of the lack of strategic transport planning, warns Cambridge Econometrics.
Chilly meeting
• Transfrigoroute is holding its AGM on 17 October at the Hertfordshire Moat House Hotel, near St Albans.
Money saver
• North Yorkshire County Council has saved more than Zlm by using swap bodies.
Deadlock broken
• The six-week deadlock in pay talks at Vauxhall has been broken following a decision by unions to link negotiations with separate talks on changes in working practices.