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Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam in snowfall in Germany
Germany and the Netherlands have seen transport disrupted as heavy snowfall and icy temperatures gripped parts of central and northern Europe.
The wea…
Half of lorries ‘return to Europe EMPTY’: Trucks sent to Britain return to EU without goods over post-Brexit export fears as UK firms are ‘told to set up hubs across the Channel’ to help avoid disruptionBosses of firms claim they have been advised to s…
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Merkel Strikes Deal to Extend German Virus Curbs to Mid-February
(Bloomberg) — Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders agreed to extend Germany’s coronavirus curbs as they step up their efforts to check the stubborn spread of the dis…
sennder, a digital road freight forwarder based out of Berlin, has raised $160 million (approx £117 million) in Series D financing, surpassing a $1 billion valuation. Notably, the company has achieved unicorn status amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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LONDON — The European Union recommended Tuesday that all 27 member countries should discourage all nonessential travel to and from the United Kingdom until further notice.With EU countries imposing ad-hoc restrictions on U.K. travel following the emer…
AN ARTISTIC initiative has been set up along the coastline commemorating the history of west Dorset and its most influential residents and events.Each parish boundary along the Dorset coast path from Ware, on the Dorset/Devon boundary, all the way to A…
Preparations for a
definitive Brexit in less than 30 days are in full swing in the Rotterdam area, home to Europe’s biggest port.
Representatives from the port, customs and government were still handing out “Get ready for Brexit” flyers to truc…
Luneburg Heath, northern Germany, July 19 1960.
The 10th Royal Hussars are on annual tank manoeuvres in a time of heightened Cold War tension, and as night falls, the remote detection systems of the Soviet Union could this minute be trained on the regi…
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Kate Holton
SEVINGTON, England (Reuters) – Deal or no deal, British companies will have to confront a wall of bureaucracy that threatens chaos at…
Truck manufacturer Daimler Trucks today presented its technology strategy for the electrification of its vehicles, ranging from urban distribution to international long-haul transport, thus reaffirming its commitment to the goals of the Paris Climate P…
Electric vans already have a head start on electric pickup trucks. And there is good reason to expect that they will maintain their lead for the next two years, even as over half a dozen automakers and EV startups ready their truck models. Despite the …
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.)Good morning.We’re covering clashes in Belarus after a presidential election, anger reaching the boiling point in Beirut and Europe’s illegal raves.[embedded content]ImageDemonstrators filled the…
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There are fresh claims the man convicted of killing Huddersfield’s Peter Falconio might be innocent.
Australian truck driver Vince Millar, who rescued Huddersfield-born Joanne Lees on the night of July 14, 2001 on a remote part of the Stuart Highway ne…
German police find 31 migrants hidden in Turkish driver’s truck
BERLIN — German police and customs officers have discovered 31 migrants hidden inside a refrigerated truck near the Czech border, police said Wednesday. Five of the men were injured …