‘Superwoman’ who pushed dairy lorry up snowy hill gets a year’s free supply of milk as reward

‘Superwoman’ mother-of-three who pushed dairy lorry up snowy hill gets a year’s free supply of milk as reward Charlene Leslie, 33, was filmed pushing the massive Grahams milk lorry up a hill Supermarket worker was heading to the shops when she saw the Grahams lorry Graham’s has gifted Charlene, from Cowdenbeath, a year of free … Read more

Moment lorry driver is caught holding two mobile phones to each ear as he drives along M4

Moment lorry driver is caught holding two mobile phones to each ear as he drives along M4 motorway with his elbows on steering wheel Trucker is spotted on M4 in his 44-tonne lorry by Avon and Somerset police  Officers pull alongside the lorry driver who quickly removes phones from ears He was reported to supporting … Read more

Government warns of worsening chaos at Britain’s ports as lorry traffic returns to normal levels

Government warns of worsening chaos at Britain’s ports as lorry traffic returns to normal levels – but Brussels says it won’t help ease backlogs unless Boris abandons his deregulation ambitions Projections from Cabinet Office anticipate Channel traffic’s imminent rise Truckers without requisite customs paperwork or negative test face turn-backs  It comes as Brussels says it … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Ministers draw up plans for new fines regime for lorry drivers in Kent

Ministers are drawing up plans to fine Europe-bound lorry drivers £150 if they enter Kent without a negative Covid-19 test in a bid to keep borders flowing smoothly post-Brexit.  Around 60 per cent of lorry drivers, or 2,400 a day, are understood to be arriving at the UK-EU border without having taken a test, despite … Read more

Lorry drivers fined £32,000 for breaking post-Brexit rules when leaving UK

Lorry drivers leaving UK since Brexit transition period ended on January 1 are handed more than £32,000 in fines for having wrong permits or trying to skip queues New rules for hauliers heading to France have come in since the turn of the year Police say 84 fines issued to drivers caught entering Kent without … Read more

Moment tiny Lada – once the butt of every car joke – transports huge lorry cab on its roof with ease

Small but mighty! Moment a tiny Lada -once the butt of every car joke – transports a huge lorry cab on its roof with ease Lada Riva was spotted with the huge front of a juggernaut on top of his motor  The tiny car sets off at the traffic lights in Tbilisi, Georgia, with it … Read more

3,000 lorry drivers are STILL waiting to cross The Channel after spending Christmas Day in cabs

Around 3,000 lorry drivers are still waiting to cross The Channel after spending Christmas Day separated from their families in their cabs but more are arriving ‘every hour’.  Despite efforts to help those stranded in their trucks get home before the festive season, thousands were still left waiting around yesterday as 800 military personnel were drafted … Read more

4,000 lorry drivers are STILL waiting in Kent to cross The Channel

Around 4,000 lorry drivers are still waiting to cross The Channel after 800 military personnel were drafted in to help clear the logjams in Kent that kept them from seeing their families at Christmas.  Despite efforts to help those stranded in their trucks get home before the festive season, thousands were still left waiting around … Read more

Sikh charity delivers Dominor’s pizzas and curries to stranded lorry drivers

A group of Sikh volunteers have tried to the raise the spirits of lorry drivers stranded in Kent with a delivery of 1,000 Domino’s pizzas amid the ongoing border chaos. Thousands of foreign drivers are likely to spend Christmas stuck in the UK as the Government has indicated queues will not move for at least … Read more

Thousands of lorry drivers stranded in Kent face Christmas heartbreak

A Polish lorry driver has told how he had to make the heartbreaking call to his pregnant wife and daughters telling them he was unlikely to make it home for Christmas, and would instead be spending it in his cab stuck on the A20 in Dover. Wojtek Golawski is one of thousands of truckers stranded … Read more