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Why do we in Britain say lorry and our American friends say trucks? I'm sure someone knows the answer, but despite this being a field in Peterborough, these vehicles are undoubtedly trucks. Something, I think, to do with their brashness and sheer size.

Truckers are having a tough time at the moment - in contrast to nurses, as our reporter Michael Buchanan will tell us about on PM tonight - and some seem to be using their spare time to turn their vehicles into works of art.

Michael says the mood at this truck festival was uncertain about the future of their industry - although with the vast majority of goods in our homes and shops arriving by lorry (not truck), the industry is not going to disappear anytime soon.

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