• There Are Times When People Working In The Public

sector are accused of being less responsive than their counterparts in the private sector. A gross generalisation perhaps, but how else were we supposed to respond to the......

• A Thief Who Stole A Doubledecker Bus From A

depot in Southampton escaped the long arm of the law by fleeing on foot — after he had reversed the PSV giant into a pursuing police car . .......

• A Weird Thing Happened To A Colleague The Other

day on CM's light van test route. Returning along a stretch of dual carriageway on the A217 he was confronted by a road full of small, brightly coloured beach balls of varying......

• It's Official The M25 Motorway Is Making A Serious Bid...

Cambridge-based Philips Scientific has won its second .27m order to supply closed-circuit television equipment to complete the cover of all 188km of the M25. When all the......

• It Seems That In Manchester A Toilet Cleaner Earns

more than an HGV 1 driver. One of the Hawk's readers has sent me a clipping from the Manchester Evening News. Wilbro Drivers Agency, based in the city, offers 23.30 per hour......

• Traffic On The Severn Bridge Came To A Standstill

last week and more than 10 vehicles were involved in crashes after three men abseiled off the bridge, distracting even the most careful of drivers. Police have detained 13......

• Do You Reckon You Are A Safe Driver? My

colleagues do — but last week, one of them had a bash at the preview of the CellnetICommercial Motor Safe Business Driver Challenge at Brands Hatch (see entry details on page......

• A Strange Form Of Bodybuilding Takes Place At Bakewell,

in Derbyshire. Pinelog Products builds wooden cottages for use at holiday centres, but intriguingly, it builds them in Bakewell directly on to a special MAN M90 17.192F drawbar......