track and trace system is sorted out. , , out. and it isn t ust supermarkets beinu out. and it isn tjust supermarkets being restrained out. and it isn tjust supermarkets being restrained out. and it isn tjust supermarkets being restrained feeling - out. and it isn tjust supermarkets being restrained feeling the - being restrained feeling the strain. the nhs and transport networks have also been affected, as have major manufacturers, and dozens of councils across england say they ve been forced to suspend collection of garden waste and recycling. collection of garden waste and re clinu. , collection of garden waste and re clin. , recycling. it s exacerbating the issue we already recycling. it s exacerbating the issue we already have - recycling. it s exacerbating the issue we already have with - recycling. it s exacerbating the i issue we already have with drivers and therefore in some councils around 10% of waste services operatives are isolating and we have seen
and it isn tjust supermarkets feeling the strain. the nhs and transport networks have also been affected, as have major manufacturers, and dozens of councils across england say they ve been forced to suspend collection of garden waste and recycling. it s exacerbating the issue we already have with drivers, and therefore in some councils, around 10% of waste services operatives are isolating and we have seen councils having to make adjustments. petrol retailer bp has another problem. it can t get hold of enough drivers to deliver fuel supplies so some service stations have been running out. now, that s partly due to people having to go into isolation, but it s also part of a much bigger problem facing the entire haulage industry. at the moment, there simply aren t enough drivers to go around. courier company speedy freight says problems for the industry have simply been mounting up. it s a problem, a serious problem, we have about 60 odd
we begin with a crisis on our roads where the lack of hgv drivers is beginning to impact uk manufacturers. supply chains are on the edge of collapse this summer. that s the warning from enginuity the skills body for the engineering and manufacturing industry. it says a perfect storm consisting of a shortage of hgv drivers in the uk, covid testing delays at uk and european ports, self isolation and summer holidays are to blame. the haulage industry says it is struggling to find enough drivers to keep the economy moving. ann watson is chief executive of enginuity group. welcome to the programme. how bad is welcome to the programme. how badisit? welcome to the programme. how bad is it? it welcome to the programme. how bad is it? , , bad is it? it is extremely bad. we have the bad is it? it is extremely bad. we have the perfect -
specific link, you think? absolutely, and i think what is really reassuring to note is that we don t need to make huge changes to our diet. we have found that actually there is a significant reduction in risk if diet quality improved just by a small amount. that once you got to a generally healthy level in terms of your diet, there was minimalfor healthy level in terms of your diet, there was minimal for the healthy level in terms of your diet, there was minimalfor the benefit healthy level in terms of your diet, there was minimal for the benefit so even small changes can have a big impact and i think that s really important for viewers to remember. so alongside i think the key but the fact that there is no magic bullet when it comes to preventing covid, to cure covid, there are simple strategies people can track such as increasing the diversity in the range of foods we have and eating the foods that i mentioned it. trier? the foods that i mentioned it. very interesting- the foods th
on the amount of produce that is being delivered, one firm is now working with the government to trial 3000 of its super sized lorries in an attempt to tackle the problem. simon spark reports. at first, this looks like any kind of lorry. but if you saw it, you d know about it, because this one just keeps coming around a corner. it s an eco link combination trailer, and it s over 25m long. it may look like something new, but this has been an idea that s been around for a long time. here it is 17 years ago, and four years ago. this better lorry, as it s being described, has been trying to get on uk roads since 2004, but so far with no luck. but is a driver crisis in the haulage industry giving super sized vehicles like this another chance? firstly, i d also welcome any more pay for professional drivers. earlier this month, the minister