Dog Days With Midland Red

AS 11,141 of the most exclusive dogs preened before the judges at Crufts at Earl's Court, the canine plebs of Staffordshire and Shropshire also had their day. Midland Red North......

Making Mischief For Kind Busmen

THERE ARE some unpleasant people around. Among them are members of the public who have complained to the police that Crosville bus drivers based at Holywell have been setting......

Ridley Gets His Facts Wrong

THERE is a special skill in speech writing for Government Ministers. What they say must be written in a manner that fits the Minister concerned. One of recent memory had a......

Good Intentions Not Enough

FORD employees thought the company had lost a good opportunity to gain publicity and help famine relief in Ethiopia by not donating Cargo trucks to the cause. They made their......

Wincanton And Lep Race Apart

IF in the words of Ecclesiastes, "the race is not to the swift," the Wincanton and Lep groups are in for a disappointment. Wincanton hopes to get ahead of the competition by......

No Tempered Wind For Shorn Lambs

I HAVE remarked before on the singular lack of personal preparedness of lorry drivers for exceptional weather. It certainly surprised Tony Scraff, manager of the AA-BRS Rescue......

One Bark Too Many

"YOUR Watchdog Barks On" reads a leaflet just published by the Road Haulage Association, It makes much of the many campaigns waged by the RHA in the interests of hauliers, but......

Scots Canter Into The 20th Century

AFTER 106 years, Scottish highway law reaching back to 1878 has been brought up to date in the Roads (Scotland) Act, 1985, came into force on January 1. As the Scottish Office......