Tag: lorry

Brexit Lorry Traffic Controls to Be Made Permanent

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…


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

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…


UK Police Rescue 18 People From Refrigerated Lorry

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…