Channon Balls

U ormer Transport Secretary Paul Channon could soon be joining the ranks of the NIMBYs — those public figures who believe wholeheartedly in the benefits of more trunk roads,......

Swarm Warning

ou've seen the movie now carry the cargo. Straight from The Swarm, the killer bees of South Texas are hitching rides northwards to cooler climes. African Honey Bees, to give......

Roadworks Special

he latest recession-beater from Brighton Buses takes the tourist trade into a new niche market — visiting roadworks. The firm's latest tour, on an open-topped bus, takes in work......

Pier Trouble

y seagull friends in Oban in the Scottish Highlands are amused by the stramach at the town's new fish pier. Lorries loading shellfish have been banned, with the exception of a......

Duty Freebie

N orne the opening of the Single European Market, truckers will be mourning the loss of their duty free allowances on board ferries. They'll be comforted to learn that one......

A Drop Of The Hard Stuff

fil he Jocks are never strapped for fuel economy ideas. These canny lads come from a 1941 cartoon on wartime petrol rationing, when hauliers had it tough. And those were the......