Task Force Calls Fol Lest Changes

• Major changes in annual CV tests are expected following the interim report from a Government task force investigating the rising number of trailer test failures.......

Andon's Third Ban Blitz

I A total of 44 trucks were )pped last week in the third indon lorry ban enforcement tz to involve the police. The exercise, on the West . omwell Road, could lead to many as 20......

Ad Days At Bar

'rhe British Association of movers estimates that up to )00 removals firms have ne out of business because the slump in the housing trket. BAR board member, 'drew Reeves, says......

Esting Times

Three of the eight regional sting managers have been pointed by the Department Transport to oversee HGV sting and training in each of ?. Licensing Authority reins. A separate......

Awd For Cops

• AWD has won an order worth over El million to supply 100 10-tonne bonneted trucks to the Bangladeshi police force.......

Flasks Dropped

• Two empty 7.5-tonne nuclear flasks fell from a truck last week on their way to Sellafield. British Nuclear Fuels says the flasks had never carried any nuclear material.......

If F Relaunched

• The Institute of Freight Forwarders has been relaunched as the British International Freight Association and hopes to double its professional membership to 8,000 over the next......

Faster Hgv Recovery

• Speed limits for recovery trucks towing heavy vehicles should be raised, says the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators. AVRO is worried by a High Court ruling last year......

Fly Tipping Bill Approved

• Tough action against fly-tippers is promised by Parliament. MPs have approved the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Bill, introduced by Labour's junior transport spokeswoman,......

Runnerthon On The Farm

• East Sussex farmer Vera Garnett is the fourth operator to pick up the baton in the Commercial Motor/Leyland Daf Runnerthon, which means she has the charity-raising 8.15......