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DVLA driving licence paperless change could mean car chaos this summer
Agency abolishing paper counterpart that currently accompanies all UK photocard licences, but fears growing those hiring cars may be turned awayHolidaymakers are being warned to expect a summer of car hire disruption after it emerged that the DVLA is to scrap the paper counterpart of driving licences from 8 June, with drivers told to obtain a special online code before heading abroad – or possibly be refused a rental car.In what it says is a purge on red tape, the DVLA is abolishing the paper counterpart that currently accompanies all UK photocard licences. It is advising drivers to destroy th...
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- North Sea boat crew charged with drug traffickingPOLICE said the search for cocaine hidden in a vessel intercepted off the north-east coast of Scotland by a navy warship could take several more days after its crew were charged with drug trafficking.
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- Cocaine seized after boat is intercepted off Scottish coast and nine crew members charged with drug trafficking THE MV Hamal was intercepted by the Royal Navy and the Border Force and accompanied into Aberdeen where a full search was carried out and a
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