More than 75% of trucks stopped on Northumbria’s roads ‘unlawful’, say police after sting operation

More than 75% of trucks stopped during an “alarming” police operation in Northumberland were found to be dangerous or operating unlawfully. One 44-tonne HGV had a faulty tyre with a large hole in the centre of the tread and another lorry was more than two-and-a-half tonnes over its legal weight limit. Another driver was arrested […]