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• A 60% gross overload on a 7.5-tonner has cost the driver Stephen Clancy, a partner in Northampton-based Clancy Light Haulage, £400. Anton Balkitis, defending, told Milton Keynes magistrates that due to a mix up, galvanised scaffolding poles were being carried instead of aluminium ones.
Time trials
• South Shields truck driver Stephen Cook was fined £840, and £35 costs, when he admitted two offences of exceeding the daily driving limit and three of failing to keep tachograph records, before Darlington magistrates.
Royston revoked
• The licence held by Newport-based Royston Etheridge was revoked when he failed to attend a Cardiff disciplinary inquiry.
Three to eight
• Taking no action against the licence held by Invernessbased Hesling Haulage, Scottish LA Michael Betts warned Hesling about future maintenance arrangements. He granted an application to increase the licence authority from three vehicles and three trailers to eight vehicles and eight trailers.
Formal warning
• Consolidated Transport Group subsidiary Sellers Batty has been given a formal warning about vehicle maintenance by North Eastern LA Keith Waterworth.