Transport and Logistics Network
As the year comes to a close, we are looking back on some of the biggest news stories which have taken place on our patch.
Here, we are looking at what happened in the first quarter of the year between January and March to kickstart this four-par…
Duchy Plant Hire’s Jamie Shelton bought his first Mercedes-Benz Arocs tipper in January 2021, because it was available and he needed a new truck in a hurry. Fast forward to today and he’s recently set another couple on the road, while Dealer Intercount…
A police officer was injured when a drink driver reversed his tipper truck at his car during a police chase.
James Lee was already banned from the roads when he got behind the wheel of the Ford Transit Tipper. Officers tried to pull him over near the t…
A Reading man has been left with ‘serious life-threatening injuries’ following a crash on a Berkshire road. Police and paramedics were called to the junction of the B3270 Lower Earley Way West and Whitley Wood Lane at around 11.30am on Saturday, Decemb…
A Reading man has been rushed to hospital after suffering from life-threatening injuries in a serious three-vehicle collision.
Thames Valley Police were called to the B3270 junction near Whitley Wood Lane at around 11:30am on Saturday, Decemb…
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A cyclist has been killed after being trapped under the wheels of a tipper lorry on a busy west London road.
The victim was declared dead at the scene at the junction with Charleville Road and North End Road in West Kensington at roughly…
Hanson UK is to buy Cambridgeshire-based construction and demolition waste recycler Mick George Group to aid its drive towards net zero.
The deal, which is subject to competition authority approval, is expected to be completed in the second quarter of …
The country’s biggest electricity distributor has launched a powerful new winter safety drive aimed at saving the lives of road hauliers.
UK Power Networks has joined forces with the Road Haulage Association to promote safe working procedures near ove…
A tipper truck driver who caused the death of a “popular husband and father-of-three” when he lost control and toppled onto a car was today (Friday) given a 30 week suspended jail sentence.
David Costin, 36, of Welton Gardens, Lincoln, admitted a charg…
A tipper truck driver who caused the death of a “popular husband and father-of-three” when he lost control and toppled onto a car was today (Friday) given a 30 week suspended jail sentence.
David Costin, 36, of Welton Gardens, Lincoln, admitted a charg…