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• Sixty Drivers Working At The National Freight...
frozen food distribution centre in Monkspath near Solihull staged a one-day strike last week in protest at disciplinary warnings issued by the company about their working......
• Harry Blurtdred's Basingstoke Transit, Which Recently...
the start of its new network of Basingstoke minibus services because of delays at the South Eastern Traffic Area, has been sold to Hampshire Bus Company, a subsidiary of......
• Road Deaths In Britain Fell By 5% To 5,125
last year, according to the latest figures from the Department of Transport. Serious injuries were down 6% to 65,300 and slight injuries fell to 242,000— a drop of some 3%.......
• The Society Of Motor Manufacturers And Traders Has...
a leaflet entitled The Motor Vehicle and the Environment, aimed at combating the image of diesel engines and vehicles in general as major pollution offenders.......
• The Section Of The M40 London-birmingham Motorway...
and the M42 south of Birmingham, will open next summer says Roads and Traffic Minister Peter Bottomley in a progress report. The connecting Banbury and Gaydon sections will open......
• Land Rover Worker Fred Highcock, Who Claims He Was
sacked because of his union activities, was dismissed because he failed to tell the company that he had a criminal record, an industrial tribunal has heard.......
• Pensioner Pearl Telman Of Chapel View, Croydon, Died Last
week after being dragged along by a bus when her clothing caught in the driver-operated doors.......
Tnt Leads Attack O
• Britain's leading overnight parcel carriers have been hot on the Post Office's heels all week, bidding to cam Royal Mail letters and to accelerate what they seem to see as the......
O'neill Answers 13 Charges
• Leicestershire haulier Patrick O'Neill, trading as PA Haulage of Home Farm, Station Road, Elmsthorpe, was accused of 13 offences last week at Daventry Magistrates. These......
Urtij Backs Bleepers
• The United Road Transport Union has joined the National Reverse in Safety Campaign, which is calling for the mandatory fitment of reversing bleepers to all commercial......