The Czech roads authority for the Olomouc region has said it is going to plow on with the development of two new rest stops - despite continued opposition from villagers and local councils. 

Czech roads authority continues rest stop construction despite gripes from locals

The MD of Lymm Truckwash believes the UK Government should be doing more to facilitate the construction of lorry parks, maintaining it is not up to hauliers to invest in such facilities.

Lymm Truckwash director frustrated by local councils thwarting HGV facility plans

On Tuesday, Leicestershire Roads Policing Unit issued a ticket to a lorry driver who had parked on the hard shoulder after being unable to find a space at a lorry park. In their tweet, officers appeared to show their surprise at the trucker feeling the punishment was unfair, and implied that the driver had not planned his journey well enough. However, the tweet did not go down well with some social media users. In many respects, the whole debacle appears to epitomize the UK's problems when it comes to the driver shortage and lorry parking facilities. 

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