Heavyweight Claim Rejected

• A truck driver weighing over 150kg (nearly 24 stone) has failed to prove that two firms were at fault when he fell from his truck. Philip Wheeler broke his right leg in the......

Contract Rolled Up

• Furniture and carpet retailer Harris Queensway has terminated its £9-million-a-year dedicated distribution contract with National Carriers Contract Services, only four months......

Toll Roads Vetoed

• A proposal to restrict designated London roads to those who can afford to pay tolls has been rejected by Transport Secretary Paul Channon. The question of charging motorists......

Rha Loses Overloading Law Fight

• The Department of Transport has rejected a new Road Haulage Association request that it should revise truck overloading laws and give back to operators the old defence of "due......