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• The Crown Prosecution Service is not prosecuting the company whose 38-tonner lost a wheel which killed a motorist on a motorway in February, an inquest was told lost week. But could still face a civil case from the dead man's relatives.
• Drivers delivering to London are being warned by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) about teams of thieves deceiving them into unloading at the wrong place before making off with their loads. Thefts of this type are happening every day in the capital.
• A 31-year old Hemel Hempstead driver was hijacked at gunpoint and left in a lay-by when thugs stole his 2250,000 load of whiskey. The unnamed driver was bound, gagged and blindfolded while sleeping in his cab in a lay-by near Knutsford.
• Driver Dennis Griffen was hospitalised last week after a lorry lyre exploded in his face as it boarded the Arran ferry at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. A crewman suffered injuries but neither was seriously injured.
• Wincanton Distribution is building a centr= in Haydock, Greater Manchester to service 60 Sainsbury's stores throughout the North and Scotland. Operations will begin in November.
The Freight Transport Association and SITPRO (the board for simpler trade procedures) have updated the Dangerous Goods Note Completio, ',1Jide after the latest International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (Amendment 27) changed procedures. For copies call 01892 352257 or 0171 287 3525.