18 Charged Over Se Truck Thefts

• A crime ring involved in the theft of over 150 trucks in South-East England is alleged to have been broken by an undercover police operation. Operation Daylight involved 50......

Crown Suppliers' U-turn On Van Sale

• The Government agency Crown Suppliers has reversed a decision made in August to sell its inter-departmental despatch service, having received "no acceptable bids". The......

No Change On

• Roads and Traffic Minister Christopher Chope has ruled out serialising tacho charts in a bid to stamp out drivers' hours fraud — and he says that a consignor liability defence......

Aluminium Driver 'told To Keep Quiet'

• A relief driver for ISC Chemicals told Exeter Crown Court that he was warned by a water authority employee to keep quiet about an error which contaminated water supplies in......

Hazards Warning

IN Training specialist S Jones reports that 60% of the drivers who take its hazardous packages course have previously been handling dangerous chemicals for years without......

Banks' Scoop

• Leyland Daf dealer Banks Truck Centre of Bedford has won BS5750 — the manufacturer wants all of its distributors to work towards the quality assurance standard.......

Carriers' Hero

IN United Carriers has presented its driver Terry Doling with a bravery award for rescuing people from a blazing car on the A3.......

Weighing In

• The Department of Transport has opened a weighbridge in Saxondale, Notts.......