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‘Superwoman’ mother-of-three who pushed dairy lorry up snowy hill gets a year’s free supply of milk as reward Charlene Leslie, 33, was filmed pushing the massive Grahams milk lorry up a hill Supermarket worker was heading to the shops when she saw the Grahams lorry Graham’s has gifted Charlene, from Cowdenbeath, a year of free … Read more
Moment lorry driver is caught holding two mobile phones to each ear as he drives along M4 motorway with his elbows on steering wheel Trucker is spotted on M4 in his 44-tonne lorry by Avon and Somerset police Officers pull alongside the lorry driver who quickly removes phones from ears He was reported to supporting … Read more
Wipeout! Lorry packed with toilet roll crashes on icy road spilling precious cargo all over the A50 Heavy goods vehicle rolled over on the A50 near East Midlands Airport Crash caused lengthy tailbacks and delays as the lorry spilled load on the road Met Office has issued a five-day snow and ice alert and warnings over … Read more
Deliveroo driver, 34, died after his moped smashed into stationary lorry just half a mile from his home because he was ‘distracted by his phone’ inquest hears Marcos Martin, 43, dove into a stationary lorry without breaking in Basingstoke The lorry had its hazard lights on but he ‘failed to appreciate’ the vehicle The Brazilian suffered … Read more
Lorry crash sparks huge queues and 50-minute delays on M25 in Essex One lorry crashed on the orbital motorway, which goes around London It caused the M25 clockwise to be temporarily closed and a 50 minute jam The road was opened just after 9am, an hour after the accident first happened By Dan Sales For … Read more
Government warns of worsening chaos at Britain’s ports as lorry traffic returns to normal levels – but Brussels says it won’t help ease backlogs unless Boris abandons his deregulation ambitions Projections from Cabinet Office anticipate Channel traffic’s imminent rise Truckers without requisite customs paperwork or negative test face turn-backs It comes as Brussels says it … Read more
Ministers are drawing up plans to fine Europe-bound lorry drivers £150 if they enter Kent without a negative Covid-19 test in a bid to keep borders flowing smoothly post-Brexit. Around 60 per cent of lorry drivers, or 2,400 a day, are understood to be arriving at the UK-EU border without having taken a test, despite … Read more
Lorry driver jailed for killing two men in smart motorway crash tells inquest he would have avoided them if there had been a hard shoulder Prezemyslaw Szuba, 40, killed Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22 Szuba, from Hull, told an inquest into the deaths: ‘If there had been a hard shoulder on this bit … Read more
Lost truckers are clogging up a small village because the government is giving them the wrong postcode for their new Brexit lorry park. Frustrated residents living in Mersham near Ashford, Kent, have seen their narrow country lanes blocked by HGVs that have been given incorrect directions. Around 30 lorries arrived in the village since the … Read more
Human trafficker Maurice ‘Mo’ Robinson, 26, (pictured) who drove a lorry on which 39 Vietnamese migrants suffered agonising deaths used some of £100,000 he made trafficking people on refurbishing his girlfriend’s hair salon, a court heard today A human trafficker who drove a lorry on which 39 Vietnamese migrants suffered agonising deaths used some of £100,000 he … Read more