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compete eith Consignia—the renamed lost Office—in the delivery of etters and parcels under £1. lays is also expected to bid for he licence to operate general nail distribution.
ROOF-TOP DEATH Lancashire driver travelled for more than 30 miles without .ealising there was a body on the roof of his truck. Police are low investigating how the body inded up on top of the Warburtons Bakery vehicle as it drove along the A580 near St Helens.
PORT TUNNEL Construction work is about to start on the Dublin port tunnel, providing an alternative route to the port for two million trucks a year.
RED DIESEL Customs officers in the West Midlands seized more than 50 trucks last year in a clampdown on red diesel abuse, recovering almost £300.000 in lost duty. It is estimated that unscrupulous hauliers save an average of £19,000 a truck by using the red diesel.
PILE-UP INQUEST The inquest into the death of truck driver Richard Cunningham, who died after a pile-up on the M6 last December, has found that he probably fell asleep at the wheel. Cunningham's truck smashed into the back of another vehicle which was queuing in traffic. A verdict of accidental death was recorded.
MURDER ARREST
A Grimsby lorry driver was arrested last week on suspicion of the murder of 21year-old prostitute Vicky Glass, whose body was found in a stream on the North York Moors last November. Glass worked in Middlesbrough. Her clothes are still missing. Contact: 01642 301283.