Transport and Logistics Network
A brutal military-style attack at a rest stop in Germany, carried out by a Polish private militia on striking truck drivers from Eastern Europe, sheds a harsh light on the slave-like conditions under which thousands of long-distance truck drivers work…
Ignorance can be cured by information. There is no cure for stupidity. In America, Faux News is the temple to the high priests of stupid. In the UK, the Daily Mail fills that role. Last December, the Daily Mail ran a story[1] with this scary headline:…
A strike by Eastern European truck drivers, who are demanding outstanding wages from their Polish customer, continued on Easter Sunday at a motorway service area in southern Hesse. Around 50 truck drivers have been on strike there for days. They are su…
Work on the controversial HS2 project in Buckinghamshire will see a major road partly closed in the coming days. Rolling traffic lights will be in place on the A41 Bicester Road as part of plans to realign the route to allow for the new railway line.
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Long line of vehicles fined for ignoring double yellow lines on busy Snowdonia road
Here’s our report from earlier today on the parking issues.
A long line of vehicles have been fined for ignoring the double yellow lines on the side of a busy Eryri roa…
Fed-up delivery drivers say the M6 through North Staffordshire is the worst road in the country. It’s a stretch which regularly sees delays whether down to collisions, breakdowns or roadworks.
That congestion was made even worse when the ‘Smart Motorwa…
125 YEARS AGO: APRIL 1898
While the Journal archives are almost complete from May 1895 to the present, the issues of April 1898 are unfortunately missing.
100 YEARS AGO: APRIL 7, 1923
The Masquerade Dance; An Event Which Recalls The Good Times Of Past …
Concerns have been raised about drug dealing and use in an area commonly used by families in Co Tyrone[1].
The area off the Park Road in Strabane is used frequently by those in the local community as a walking route.
Sinn Féin representative Brian “Bar…
A China Railway Express train loaded in Tianjin, northeastern China, with earthquake-resistant tents departed for Turkey on 29 March. It is the first Chinese train to deliver humanitarian help to Turkey after the devastating earthquake of February.
So …