• Spare a thought for hapless driver Cyril Milner who,
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on his first day at the wheel of his new boss's artic, neglected to apply the handbrake when picking up a load. Milner bravely leapt aboard to try and restrain the errant 32-tonner but, alas, was too late to prevent it punching a hole in the side of a warehouse. The crash left him with a broken leg and his boss, operator George Lymer, with a .£5,000 repair bill.
Sportingly, Lymer has promised to keep Miler's job open, saying "anyone can make a mistake." Good for him, and a speedy recovery to the driver in the case.
No sympathy, however, for salesman Howard Mann who was found fast asleep at the wheel of his car. Hardly a heinous crime? Well, the engine was running — and he was parked on the inside lane of a motorway with, as the rozzers discovered, twice the legal limit of alcohol inside him. Mann is off the road for 15 months and should count himself lucky to be alive.