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• Freight moved by trucks over 3.5 tonnes rose 7% in 1994 to a record 138 billion tonnes, says the DOT.
• A third rail freight centre in Manchester designed to serve the Channel Tunnel has been announced by industrial group Powell Dulfryn.
• David Higginbottom, general-secretary of the United Road Transport Union, says he attends "more funerals than retirement parties" of lorry drivers because their access to a healthy diet and lifestyle on the road is poor.
• The FTA has launched a fact-finding exercise in response to the Royal Commission Report on Transport and the Environment.
• Athens' lorry ban, cited as a foretaste of what other European cities might face, has been extended so that lorries can deliver only between 22:00-06:00hrs.
• Eurotunnel is dismissing claims that P&O is considering a takeover bid for the struggling Le Shuttle service as "laughable". The rumours follow an interview of P&O's marketing director Brian Langford for the BBC2 programme Channel Wars.
• The Thelwall Viaduct has opened to carry traffic over the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey on the M6. Two of three southbound lanes are now running on the new viaduct.
• The freight industry needs to Improve its public image in order to make people understand its value to society, said FTA President Angus Clark at the FTA's annual dinner.