Colchester-based EWD Recycling specified programmable night heaters, when ordering its four new day-cabbed Volvo FMX 8×4 rigids.
Danny Cook, manager at EWD Recycling, explained that this enables drivers to stay warm on colder days when waiting to load …
Chippenham Pit Stop, the independent truck stop located near J17 of the M4 has launched a social media campaign to recognise heavy goods vehicle drivers as unsung heroes of the coronavirus pandemic, under the title of #ThumbsUpForTruckers. The campaign…
The used truck industry will be hit hard after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides according to one used truck dealer. The prominent UK dealer, who wishes to remain anonymous, believes that prices of second hand trucks could crash as the country gets back t…
26th March, 2020 by Phoebe French
Scottish beer giant BrewDog has reported the theft of a trailer load of beer, worth £150,000, following an incident at a motorway service station in Cheshire.
In a tweet on 24 March, BrewDog co-founder James Watt expl…
A trailer load of beer worth £150,000 from Aberdeenshire-based BrewDog was stolen as it headed to meet increased demand at an online distribution centre.The supplies from the company brewery in Ellon were stolen from the Moto …
“Brexit, general elections and grey imports, we’ve had to contend with the lot,” says Arthur Pinkney, MD at parts supplier Impexparts. “And just when we think it’s safe to come out of the water, COVID-19 comes along. There’s no time for strategy meetin…
Plans to introduce a Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) in Oxford have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Tim Wallace.
The new scheme was due to begin in December 2020 but Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council said local businesses…
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The daughter of an Australian tourist who was killed in an accident at Aysgarth Falls has been unable to have his body returned home after coronavirus grounded flights.
Monday, 23rd March 2020, 12:13 pm
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A MUCH loved family man and career-long haulier managed to turn heads as friends and relatives gave him a send off to remember.
A trucker for nearly half a century, Derek Bell sadly died on February 19 this year, in Freeman Hospital, Newcastle.
Aware o…
CM Bodybuilder of the Year 2019, L Townend, will be heading to Harrogate this May to demonstrate its lightweight, high strength tipping bodies to visitors at Tip-Ex and Tank-Ex.
The third-generation family business prides itself on its “tough and trust…
FIREFIGHTERS from the Warrington area had a busy day on Thursday tackling three lorry fire incidents.
The first incident took place at 08:23 on West Quay Road, Warrington when two fire engines from Warrington and Birchwood were called to reports of lar…
Our first Used Truck of the Day for this week is a Volvo FH13 6×2 460 tractor unit, which is jam-packed with features. The truck has been listed by Cheshire based Thomas Hardie Used Truck Centre.
The engine is a 12.8 litre, Euro-6 diesel and the batter…
Our first Used Truck of the Day for this week is a Volvo FH13 6×2 460 tractor unit, which is jam-packed with features. The truck has been listed by Cheshire based Thomas Hardie Used Truck Centre.
The engine is a 12.8 litre, Euro-6 diesel and the batter…
Bryan Skellon was just 14-years-old when he went into Crewe Works to start a seven year apprenticeship – and he said it felt like a prison.
For a lad who had been born in Warmingham and started his working life on a farm, being plunged into everyday li…
Article and images by Jonathan White
The annual South Cheshire Militaire Universal Model Show took place at Malbank School in Nantwich on Sunday 23rd February 2020.
The show was organised by the South Cheshire Military Modelling Club and included scal…
