• Shadow Transport Minister John Prescott And His Wife Were

unhurt when their Daimler ran into the wreckage of a crash on the M56 near Warrington, Cheshire last week.......

Tri-umphant

• The UK has won its battle for a simpler VAT system dealing with "triangular" transactions where three EC members are involved — in future the originating country can pay the......

Half-time Losses

• Parcelforce has recorded a £21m loss for the six month to September — clawing back from £27m lost during the same period last year.......

Night Moves

• A new transport task force, comprising Confederation of British Industry members is calling for "urgent action" to ease London's traffic congestion, including the stepping-up......

Doubling Up

• Transporters of hazardous cargoes have faced doubling of premiums as the insurance industy tries to recover losses sustained by Lloyds' members last spring, according to the......

Green Line

• Westminster council in London has set up an "eco-vigilante" hotline and is urging residents in the borough to "shop" lorries and other vehicles with smoky exhausts.......

Amber Fades

• Amber Transport of Brighton has called in the receiver.......

Grab Cowboy Trucks Say Hauliers

• UK hauliers want police and enforcement agencies to be empowered to impound trucks they find running without tax discs or 0-licences. And nearly 50% would be happy to pay for......

Police Appeal For Help In Truck Murder Case

• Notts police are appealing to truck drivers to help them unravel the mystery surrounding an HGV driver's murder, which featured on BBC's Crimewatch programme last Thursday.......

'vendetta' Claims From New Haulier

• Lancashire owner-driver Clive Eccles claims he is the target of a vendetta designed to wreck the business he set up this year. Eccles, who runs Darwenbased Cranberry Haulage,......

Livestock Attack

• Police are warning hauliers involved in the livestock trade to be extra vigilant following a firebomb attack on a Humberside-based chicken wholesaler which gutted seven......