Long hours, constant delays, a lack of proper rest facilities and the new headache of extra paperwork and red tape. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) 

Little wonder perhaps that there's a severe shortage of lorry drivers in the UK.

The government is trying to recruit thousands of them - but it's not proving easy. So we've been out with one long haul driver to find out what the job is really like.

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