5 h. ago Lorry driver 'badly shaken' after being threatened by thieves while parked in lay

The crooks made off with 27 pallets of e-cigarettes from the vehicle after leaving the driver shaken but unhurt.

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5 h. ago Harrowing screams of elderly dog walker as he lay dying in park after being 'attacked and racially abused' by teenage boy played in court

Bhim Kohli, 80, died a day after he was punched and kicked repeatedly by the boy, 14, last September.

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9 h. ago Lorry driver who died in M6 crash horror had broken down, police say

An investigation into the tragedy is underway

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11 h. ago Lorry driver killed and man rushed to hospital following horror motorway crash

The lorry driver could not be saved and was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

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11 h. ago M6 crash: Lorry driver killed and motorist seriously injured as major collision closes motorway

Significant delays expected following the serious collision on the M6

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12 h. ago M6 crash horror as lorry driver killed with motorway to shut all day

Another driver has been rushed to hospital after the crash on the M6

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57 h. ago The job no one wants: Britain faces lorry driver shortage that threaten to leave supermarket shelves bare

In the first frantic months of Covid the nation was left horrified at the barren shop shelves and the fuel-less petrol stations caused by an estimated shortfall of 100,000 lorry drivers.

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7 d. ago Death of lorry driver killed in HGV crash on Scots motorway to be probed

Thomas Hein, 25, died on the A74(M) Glasgow to Carlisle Road, near Moffat.

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9 d. ago He died under the wheels of a lorry – but the driver has chosen to remain silent

An inquest has begun into the death of 24-year-old Conner Dickinson where one a decision has caused further 'upset'

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1 week ago Coroner warns of smart motorway dangers after lorry kills stranded driver who had broken down

Father-of-one Kevin O'Reilly, 58, had broken down on the M6 near Wolverhampton without a hard shoulder in June 2023 when his black Mitsubishi was hit by a lorry.

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