The question of how to recruit and train enough lorry drivers to keep the country running has suddenly exploded into front-page news, with driver shortages creating big problems for businesses, ...

MIGRANTS are posting brazen how-to guides on social media to show others how to sneak into the country step-by-step. TikTok ...

In 2021, the UK was hit by a perfect storm that — if unresolved — could have brought the country to its knees. The lorry driver shortage — a shortfall of more than 100,000 drivers which put pressure ...

IRISH lorry drivers have been warned to be vigilant of criminal gangs who are targeting HGV drivers to smuggle migrants into the UK. The National Crime Agency said people smugglers are targeting ...

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has issued a warning to all lorry drivers. Organised crime gangs are actively recruiting HGV drivers to smuggle migrants both in and out of the UK, according to the NCA ...

The British Army has been placed on standby ahead of a national lorry drivers’ strike due to take place August 23. Soldiers are being readied on the pretext of dealing with a threatened breakdown in ...

UK food industry groups have added their voices to a call for the country’s government to take action to tackle a shortage of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) delivery drivers. A letter sent by the Road ...

Just relax,' says the instructor. If only! I am holding my breath perched behind the wheel of a mammoth HGV, a 44-tonne ...

Lorry drivers at Limassol port began an indefinite strike on Monday, citing “zero response” from the port’s management company Eurogate despite raising multiple concerns. Last week’s meeting with ...

Barry Davies, a lorry driver from Manchester, needs to keep moving forwards. Idling at the lights? Barely tolerable. Reversing? Never. At 46, driving has cost him many relationships. He ticks them off ...

AROUND FIVE in the morning is the most lethal time on China’s motorways, says a transport-industry veteran. The peril comes from long-distance lorry drivers, whose vehicles may have been rolling for ...