The son of one of Britain’s richest men had to fork out £4,500 on taxis after cops seized his flash car for doing 130mph on a motorway.
Alfie Best Jr, 23, was left to stump up twice for 440-mile rides halfway across France, costing £2,250 a time, after…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The sudden, devastating economic collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was so unprecedented, that even seasoned economists admit it’s difficult to predict what the recovery will look like.But two such economists, Laura Speake, ch…
Lorry driver who killed boy, 14, and teaching assistant, 50, when he ploughed into school minibus while checking Facebook on his phone is jailed for almost nine years
James Majury, 33, ploughed into the minibus at 56mph on Januar…
This was the terrible moment the impact of a 19-tonne HGV – driven by a killer mobile phone-using trucker – sent a van hurtling over a motorway embankment.
James Majury had been checking Facebook just moments before his lorry ploughed into a nine-seate…
A killer HGV driver who “prioritised” checking his Facebook account at the wheel over the safety of other road users has been jailed for eight years and 10 months.
James Majury, 33, was said to have effectively “unleashed a 19.2-tonne battering ram wit…
A lorry driver who killed a schoolboy and mother-of-two when he crashed into a school minibus while using his mobile phone at the wheel has been jailed for eight years and 10 months.
James Majury was said to have effectively “unleashed a 19.2-tonne bat…
London is often touted as the UK leader when it comes to addressing emissions from road transport. In 2008, it became the first city to introduce a low emission zone, targeting truck diesel emissions, then last year it became the first to set its sight…
Asda has paid out more than £13,000 to a Bristol lorry driver after unfairly dismissing him.
Matthew Addis filed a discrimination claim after losing his job in January 2019 at the Asda Bristol depot on Kings Weston Lane.
He claimed he had been “crushed…
Asda has paid out more than £13,000 to an Avonmouth lorry driver after unfairly dismissing him.
Matthew Addis filed a discrimination claim after losing his job in January 2019 at the Asda Bristol depot on Kings Weston Lane.
He claimed he had been “crus…
They are a throwback to a golden era of motoring, when cars were a little less reliable, the open road a bit more unpredictable and grinding to a halt in the middle of nowhere was significantly more stressful.Whereas today’s cossetted motorists have a …
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POLICE are warning motorists of likely delays and diversions this week as officers help escort a large, medical-grade oxygen tank through the county.
The tank – which is empty, 40 metres long and 6.5 m…
Current travel restrictions have many of us mourning the cancellation of a holiday planned months ago or disappointed about the prospects of our future travel plans. But don’t fret just yet! There are still plenty of ways to enjoy a proper getaway with…
LANGLEY, B.C. – B.C. has done a good job containing the Covid-19 outbreak, but that doesn’t mean it will escape lasting economic fallout.Ken Peacock, vice-president and chief economist of the Business Council of B.C., gave members of the B.C. Trucking …
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A tanker truck drove into thousands of protesters marching on I-35W during a protest on Sunday.
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The Star Tribune’s James Walsh writes: “About 150 protesters were arrested near I-3…