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Atlantic Tech Services relocates

The business started trading from the new site, which encompasses its offices, national sales and service centre, and warehouse facility, yesterday (22 July). Close to its previous base in the Essex town, the site is located just off the M11 motorway.

UK Royal Mail withdraws from rail distribution after 200 years

There is bitter disappointment within the UK rail freight industry on the news that Royal Mail, the flagship postal carrier in the nation, is to abandon rail from its delivery proposition. The company, founded by royal decree over five centuries ago, h…

Royal Mail announces plans to cease all rail freight activities

Royal Mail[1] has announced it is to make its final delivery by the railway in October, bringing almost two centuries of mail rail to an end.
The postal service, which is Chaired by Keith Williams, who is also the Chair of the Board of the Great Britis…

Bury tanker driver caused motorist serious injuries in M56 crash

Peter Gibbons, from Bury, was behind the wheel of a heavy goods vehicle and drove in a dangerous manner, colliding with two other vehicles.
The 41-year-old was subsequently charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and fail to comply wit…

Forterra stays in gear for second year at CarKraft

For the second time this year Northampton-based building products manufacturer Forterra provided an HGV lorry for the CarKraft safety event (12th November 2023), where young drivers were taught road safety skills. This is the second consecutive year th…

New initiative seeks to turn HGV drivers into life-savers

Road safety training organisation Driver First Assist has launched Skills for Safer Journeys – a new online training course which aims to give all drivers crucial skills to support at the scene of an on-road incident, regardless of the type of vehicle …

It happened today – this day in history – May 16

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1527: Florence becomes a republic.
1532: Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor.
1568: Mary, Queen of Scots flees to England.
1605: Camillo Borghese is elected to succeed Pope Leo XI, becomes Paul V.

I’m going to be crushed alive

In April a motion was passed at Stormont condemning those responsible for ramming incidents, which have led to 77 officers being injured in 2023 alone.The motion also sought to find solutions to tackle the problem.It was originally brought forward by D…