More than 30 new vaccination centres are due to open in England this week as the drive continues to protect the population against COVID-19.
The 32 centres include the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, a racecourse, a football stadium and a former…
Ministers have been urged to intervene after a mass outbreak at the DVLA’s offices in Wales, by a union declaring the government agency’s response a “scandal”. More than 350 employees at the UK vehicle licensing agency’s contact centre in Swansea …
Half of all trucks returning to Europe on the Dover crossing are empty as border chaos means British companies are unable or unwilling to export.
The data comes from the Road Haulage Association (RHA), which warns that disruption caused by new custom…
Voters across the UK believe Scotland is likely to become independent within the next decade – while more than half of those in Northern Ireland want a referendum on a united Ireland in the next five years, according to a series of polls.The Sunday Tim…
DB Schenker, which operates the largest pan-European trucking network, on Thursday resumed deliveries to Great Britain after a weeklong suspension because of customs-related delays associated with Brexit.
Complex new rules and fees has created operatio…
Michel Barnier has issued a warning to the UK to be “very careful” after the government became embroiled in a “petty” row over the refusal to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s officials and ambassador in London.Joao Vale de Almeida took up his p…
By Reuters Staff3 Min ReadSlideshow ( 3 images )DUBLIN (Reuters) – The cost of transporting goods to Britain from Northern Ireland is set to rise as a result of the new post-Brexit regulatory border between the two parts of the United Kingdom, haulage …
A key U.K. government customs system has been overwhelmed within weeks of Brexit and threatens to trigger more disruption as freight traffic rebounds.
Exporters say they are struggling to acquire
transit documents, which allow goods to enter the Eur…
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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…
Toilet and shower facilities are being provided for lorry drivers experiencing lengthy delays at Dublin Port due to Brexit red tape.New customs rules introduced as a result of the UK’s departure from the EU have created backlogs, as businesses and frei…
General Motors has announced it will build BrightDrop electric light commercial vehicles at its CAMI manufacturing plant in Ingersoll, Ont. – part of a $1 billion investment to bring the BrightDrop EV600 to market in late 2021.The deal, subject to gove…
LONDON – Trucks owned by U.K. shellfish firms descended on Britain’s Parliament Monday to protest the Brexit-related red tape they claim is suffocating their businesses.
About a dozen large lorries — one bearing the words “Brexit carnage!” — drove past…
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France is considering requiring rapid COVID-19 tests from Irish truck drivers operating on a logistics route that has become key since Britain’s exit from the European Union, Ireland’s transport minister said on Sund…
By Reuters Staff3 Min ReadDUBLIN (Reuters) – France is considering requiring rapid COVID-19 tests from Irish truck drivers operating on a logistics route that has become key since Britain’s exit from the European Union, Ireland’s transport minister sai…
Labour’s leader in Scotland has quit the post after three years, in another blow to the party’s left wing.Richard Leonard had been criticised for a string of poor election results and said he had decided that speculation over his position had become a …