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Police appeal
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• Police are appealing for lorry drivers to come forward if they know anything about a 21-year-old girl who was found critically injured on the hard shoulder of the Mfi near Stafford in the early hours of Friday, 15 June.
Quiet in court?
• The High Court's decision on whether to make the fitting of air brake silencers mandatory on all trucks using London at night, is expected in two weeks,
Iran truck deal
• Scania has clinched a deal with the National Iranian Oil Company for 1,000 trucks, worth more than 38m.
Disqualified • Hull-based Mightyhire and its managing director Philip Barker have been disqualified from holding or obtaining an Operator Licence for 12 months following the previous revocation of the firm's licence last month (CM 24-30 May).
Speedlink talks
• The Freight Transport Association has held talks with British Rail's Railfreight division in an effort to salvage BR's loss-making Speedlink services.
Truckers needed
• Transport Minister Robert Atkins has warned local politicians not to he "over restrictive" in measures to limit numbers of trucks going into town centres.
Brussels jam
• Ministers in Brussels are still at loggerheads over maximum lengths for road trains and quotas for road haulage permits.
Roads go private
• The Government has unveiled six privately financed road schemes which include a lower Thames crossing east of the M25; a link between Chelmsford, Essex, and the M25; and a new Mersey crossing.