BAD weather spelt disaster for a foreign lorry driver whose 40-tonne vehicle became stuck in a country lane. The giant Transmec Group lorry became wedged in a field off Symonds Lane, Yalding, after its Hungarian driver was forced to try to turn round to avoid a fallen tree. It is understood the driver’s satellite navigation [...]

Vehicle maintenance problems, along with drivers’ hours and tachograph breaches, have resulted in two of the three operational vehicles belonging to Dunfermline-based Ronald Mentiplay, trading as Murray Mentiplay, being suspended for eight weeks, and his HGV driving licence for four. Mentiplay appeared before the Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken. He blamed a failure to produce tachograph [...]

POPULAR Elvis impersonator Derek Russell is giving a concert in aid of a charity especially close to his heart. The East Anglian Air Ambulance transported Mr Russell to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge after he suffered a near-fatal head injury a year ago. HGV driver Mr Russell, of Magdalen, wants to show his appreciation by donating [...]