Severn Repairs

TRANSPORT Minister Lynda Chalker has announced the timetable for the major repairs to the Severn Bridge. Contracts worth £18m are to be put out to tender this year, she said at......

Astra Recall

BEDFORD ASTRA vans built between August and November 1984 are being recalled to rectify possible weak welds in their rear axle assembly. The recall effects some 7,200 Astra vans......

Quarry Man Wins Damages

A DRIVER whose lorry fell down a quarry face and overturned has won a claim for damages, but the High Court has ruled that the quarry owner, Cory Sand and Ballast, had not......

What British Lorries Did

BRITISH commercial vehicles above 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight carried 1,216m tonnes in 1982, according to the International Road Transport Union (IRU). This Geneva-based......