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• Almost 90 drivers at Prestons of Potto and its subsidiary FVS at Stocktonon-Tees have won a 31% pay increase until next May, giving them £145.80 for a 40 hour week.
• Six loads have been reported stolen during the past three months, from trucks parked on laybys on or adjacent to the Al in Yorkshire, says the Rood Haulage Association.
• The Transport & General Workers Union is trying to revive group pay talks with hauliers in Yorkshire and Humberside after the Joint Industrial Council collapsed there around six years ago • Trucks with lorry-mounted loaders will be allowed to exhibit for the First time at RHA Tipcon, which is to be held on 29 April-1 May next year at Harrogate.
• Four parcels carriers have taken on Red Star's nextday deliveries in London which Roadexpress gave up after going into administration. They are: Pegasus Couriers in Battersea; Vanguard Couriers near Marylebone; Quicksilver Couriers in east London and Command Express Couriers at Heathrow.
• Some 10% of the 5,292 trucks stopped on Trading Standards' roadside checks in a six-month period at Kennford and Sampforcl Peverell in Devon, were found to be overloaded.
• Customs seized the biggest haul of heroin in Britain at Scratchwood services last Friday from a Turkish truck driver's load of tomatoes. Hidayet Sucu has been held on remand until 16 December.