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• French farmers are threatening to burn British lorries, claiming liver imports are bringing their national delicacy, foie gras, into disrepute.
Plane dealing
• Manchester-based Plane Trucking is expected to announce a deal with Dutch group Rutges this week.
Road deaths
• Almost 298,000 people were killed or injured in road accidents in England in 1989, says the DTp.
Vauxhall prices
• Vauxhall has increased the price of some of its light vans by 2.5%.
New bridge
111 Manchester City Council has installed a weighbridge at Factory Lane.
No progress
• Little progress is expected this year on discussions to harmonise lorry drivers' working hours and rest periods in the EC.
Severn stickers
• Drivers using the Severn Bridge will be able to buy windscreen stickers next year as an alternative to queueing at toll booths.
Report coming
• The lost wheel nuts research report, funded by donations by CM readers, is already half completed.
Lighting back
▪ London Transport is taking legal advice to prevent the Government handing over its bus operations to a proposed new London Bus Executive.
£5,000 reward
• A £5,000 reward has been offered for the recovery of a red and white Avron-liveried MAN 30.331 tipper, registration D550 ANR stolen from Gallagher Quarry in Maidstone, Kent on 4 September. Its chassis number is WMA 5590209M057487 and engine 35153920573111. Contact (0293) 820021.