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• The first photocard driving licences are now being issued from selected Post Offices for £11; ask for form D750E.
• A Goldhofer trailer supplied by Andover Trailers has carried a 76ft boat to Earl's Court for the London International Boat Show; it was delivered by Dorsetbased Transboat.
• Hauliers were among the worst hit when gales of more than 80mph lashed Central Scotland last week. The M8 in Glasgow was shut after HGVs were blown against crash barriers on the overhead M73 causing debris to fall on the road below; the Forth and Tay road bridges were closed to high-sided vehicles.
• Irish haulier Stephen Kinghan of Dungannon has been acquitted of trying to smuggle more than million cigarettes through the Channel Tunnel.
• Tibbett & Britten has leased 80 new triaxle curtainsiders from TIP Europe to run at the new 41-tonne UK limit for 3+3 artics.
• Rental and contract hirer TLS has ordered 1,200 MAN rigids and artics.
• Somerset-based haulier From ptons International has appointed Roger Yeoman as a director.
• Leyland Daf Trucks has been named Supplier of the Year by the Post Office.
• From 1 January road use charges in the Czech Republic have doubled. Trucks and coaches over 12 tonnes will now have to pay 8,000 CZK.