Truck Theft Gangs Ar Nder Attack

• Four people at Manchester Crown Court who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to handle and steal more than 40 trucks over a period of several years are now awaiting sentence.......

The South Suffers Record Rate Of Business Failures

• Prospects for haulage could begin to lift this summer, according to one survey out this week — but another suggests that more transport firms are going bust than in any time......

Noda 'ready For Court'

• The National Owner Drivers Association has protested to three ready-mixed concrete firms which it claims are attempting to charge owner-drivers for poor quality concrete......