A North Staffordshire truck driver is organising a national round of applause for delivery drivers, supermarket staff and other key workers.
Andy Pakeman, from Cheddleton, wants the nation to put their hands together at 8pm on Thursday, April 9.
The 50…
The US death toll from coronavirus climbed past 3,500 on Tuesday, eclipsing China’s official count.
The deepening crisis in New York hit close to home for the governor, when he disclosed, teary-eyed, that his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, has become…
Four decades on from Nelson Piquet’s maiden victory, the man who discovered him is recalling their first shared Formula One memory.
“When we found Nelson in Brazil, he came to the track locked in the boot of my car,” explains Bernie Ecclestone.
“We did…
Christopher Anderson, 17, was due to be guest of honour at the Stockyard Charity Truck and Car Show in June with his family thanks to a link-up with Make-A-Wish UK and the Truck Mate UK Facebook community.
But after the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the ev…
Christopher Anderson, 17, was due to be guest of honour at the Stockyard Charity Truck and Car Show in June with his family thanks to a link-up with Make-A-Wish UK and the Truck Mate UK Facebook community.
But after the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the ev…
The trucker community has rallied round a lorry-loving teenager with spina bifida after his dreams of attending a truck festival were dashed by coronavirus.
Christopher Anderson, 17, was due to be guest of honour at the Stockyard Charity Truck and Car …
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Mr Motivator
Mr Motivator has live-streamed a fitness routine for people to complete at home amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The fitness guru, 67, who is perhaps best known for leading workouts on GMTV, led…
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Ram-raid at Tesco in Dover
Thieves have used a huge digger to carry out a ram-raid on a Tesco Extra store in Kent.
ATMs were ripped from the wall in the midnight heist and two police vehicles which tried t…
FITNESS favourite Joe Wicks’ attempt to keep the nation’s children fit during the coronavirus crisis got off to flying start on Monday morning with his first workout racking up hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube.
At one point, The Body Coach…
Deserted street outside Mick Dennisons apartment in Javea, Spain Copyright: ugc
Day four of the ‘lockdown’ in Spain. Lockdown, a word usually associated with prison, a loss of liberty, contemplation time, a punishment. But what have we done wrong? Ha…
NewsLBV Hub Manufacturing Leyland Trucks
The 10,000th PACCAR bodied truck rolled off the Lancashire assembly line recently, as Leyland Trucks marks another major manufacturing milestone in its 124-year history.
A DAF LF 180 was driven off t…
Axtec, the UK’s leading specialist in axle weighing technology, says its latest test-weight tractor and trailer combination – featuring a new DAF XF 480 4×2 tractor with Super Space Cab – will prove indispensable for operators seeking to maximise vehic…
Volunteers and councillors came together to fill up potholes on an unadopted street.
Back Norton Street, off Seymour Road, had several large craters in it so local residents and councillors decided to take matters into their own hands.
Crompton ward co…
Axtec has taken delivery of a new DAF XF tractor for its weighbridge testing work around the UK.
Supplied by dealer Lancashire DAF, the XF 480 4×2 replaces another DAF unit. The new addition has a Super Space Cab and is hooked to a bespoke stepframe t…
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Driver rescued
Two state troopers in the US pulled a lorry driver to safety just seconds before his burning tractor-trailer exploded.
Robert Tarleton had stopped a vehicle in New Jersey on Monday when he s…
