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TRUCKERS' STORIES * UK - A look around a deserted truck stop
Peterboroug,UK -BBC News, by Mark Worthington -7 May 2009: -- ... Mark Hull is one of the drivers. "I lost my job at the end of last year," he said, "and my boss lost everything. I was lucky enough to find another job. Others haven't." ... A few metres away, another driver finished his burger and shared his story. Andrew Sherman is a fully qualified lorry driver, but has just started a new job in Yaxley as a mechanic... "I got laid off from one job," he said, "then I found another driving with containers and got laid off from that as well."... Heavy goods, heavy times... The rest of the group still have their jobs. They put on brave faces around the barbecue, but every one of them was fearful for the future... As the recession deepens, those who move goods around are caught in the middle... Out on the roads, the result is a dramatic reduction in the number of heavy goods vehicles... Official Department for Transport figures show they were down 7% in the final quarter of 2008 compared with the previous year. Newly-released figures for the first three months of this year show an even heavier fall, 12% lower than in the same period of 2008...
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