'Wine trains' to bring Christmas booze from Europe over UK lorry driver shortage

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'Wine trains' to bring Christmas booze from Europe over UK lorry driver shortage
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The UK has a shortage of 100,000 lorry drivers, so the weekly “wine trains” will deliver 4.5 million imported bottles to supermarkets before December 25

Extra trains are being laid on to bring in Christmas booze from the continent due to the shortage of lorry drivers in the UK.

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