Category: lorry

Brexit Lorry Traffic Controls to Be Made Permanent

August 11, 2021
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Lorry traffic controls designed to prevent post-Brexit disruption around the Port of Dover are to have their “sunset clauses” removed, allowing the emergency measures to be used indefinitely. It means that the implementation of a traffic reconfiguration to the M20 will be able to continue past its current Oct. 31 deadline once changes have been…

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Hauliers Face New COVID Rules in England as Heathrow Seeks Holiday Easing

March 28, 2021
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LONDON—Certain lorry drivers arriving in England will need to take COVID-19 tests in a bid to tackle the spread of any future variants, the government said on Sunday as Heathrow Airport lobbied for the easing of an overseas holiday ban from mid-May. From April 6, Hauliers arriving from outside Britain and Ireland for more than…

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UK Police Rescue 18 People From Refrigerated Lorry

February 23, 2021
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British police rescued 18 people from the back of a refrigerated lorry on Tuesday morning, Cambridgeshire police said. Police received a call at about 11:30 a.m. from the driver of the HGV, who had noticed there were people on board. Officers found the lorry at the Haddon services on the A1M near Peterborough and rescued…

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