A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America.Warnings in the regions went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths.
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The Abbey ward in Cambridge is to get a mobile youth club in a van – and there are longer-term hopes of another in a converted train carriage.
The charity Abbey People has teamed up with Cambridge United Community Trust on the projects, which are desig…
Wimbledon-based haulier ELB Partners has maintained its position as London’s only holder of the Gold standard Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) award after securing the accolade for the seventh consecutive year.
ELB, a member of the Pallet-Track…
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Amanda Winter, who lives in Haywards Heath, has lived in West Sussex all her life and after being made redundant last year during the pandemic decided to start doing something she felt passionate about.
She said: “I h…
The largest national survey of the health of truck drivers has found widespread medical problems and psychological distress.Key points:Truck driver Frank Black says his biggest challenges have been keeping his weight down and maintaining relationshipsR…
Undersupply of warehousing property and lack of domestic manufacturing capacity in the returnable transit packaging industry would leave supply chain operators unable to cope with the accelerated adoption of e-commerce, the company claimed.
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National efforts to plug the skills gap in the logistics sector, including attracting much-needed truck drivers, faces an uphill battle unless the industry addresses fundamental infrastructure issues such as reversing the lack of investment in truck st…
Retailers fear losses as Nicola Sturgeon extends lockdown
Boarded up branch of high street retail chain Edinburgh Woollen Mill on Princes Street (Image: Getty Images )The latest coronavirus lockdown could cost retailers almost £1 billion in total, i…
The new Brazilian strain of coronavirus is likely to have already entered the UK, before the government’s imposition of travel restrictions on the South American country, a leading epidemiologist has warned.Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Gover…
Trucking activities will continue as an essential service in Ontario as the province introduces new Covid-19 lockdown measures effective at 12:01 am on Thursday, Jan. 14.New stay-at-home orders will require residents to remain at home except for essent…
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COVID, as we know, has made the vulnerable among us even more so. Not only has unemployment skyrocketed, many of the low-wage hourly workers who do have shifts scheduled must choose whether to stay…
| Road Transport[1] | “National embarrassment” must not be repeated, Logistics UK warns government
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Business group Logistics UK has written to the government to request an urgent review …
More than 40 million people across England are living under Tier 4 restrictions as fears grow over the spread of a mutant variant of coronavirus.
The prime minister is facing pressure to limit social contact further in those areas by closing educationa…
Workers have dealt with the HGV backlog Photo Louis McLaren
The HGV queue at Manston airport is now cleared with hauliers told to no longer head for the site.
As of last night (December 25) 4,500 trucks had made the crossing to France.
Some 15,526 test…
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that everything possible will be done to repatriate Irish truck drivers stranded at UK ports trying to get to the Continent.
Up to 250 Irish lorries stuck in England face returning home and dumping pr…