By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: Flags of the Union Jack and European Union are seen ahead of the meeting of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Brussels, Belgium December 9, 2020. Olivie…
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LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Freight volumes moving between the United Kingdom and the European Union were down 38% in the third week of January compared with the same week a year ago, real-time truck movement data shows.
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LONDON (Reuters) – Freight volumes moving between the United Kingdom and the European Union were down 38% in the third week of January compared with the same week a year ago, real-time truck movement data shows. © Reuters/POOL EU Commission President v…
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Four men were given lengthy jail terms on Friday (Jan 22) for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who suffocated to death in a stifling, airtight shipping container in 2019 as they tried to make their way to Britain.
The discovery…
Half of all trucks returning to Europe on the Dover crossing are empty as border chaos means British companies are unable or unwilling to export.
The data comes from the Road Haulage Association (RHA), which warns that disruption caused by new custom…
Four people-smugglers convicted of killing 39 people from Vietnam – who died in the back of a container truck as it was shipped to England – have been sentenced to between 13 and 27 years in prison. © Prosecutors say all the suspects were part of a gan…
Four people-smugglers convicted of killing 39 people from Vietnam who died in the back of a container truck as it was shipped to England were sentenced on Friday (local time) to between 13 and 27 years in prison.
The victims, between the ages of 15 and…