Lukasz Urban would have been safely on his way home on Monday afternoon but for a hitch that meant he had to stay overnight in Berlin.

The Polish lorry driver had been due to unload his trailer shortly after he arrived in the German capital at 7am, but phoned his wife to say the delivery had been delayed until Tuesday.

After a week and a half on the road, he had been looking forward to seeing his wife and son and was annoyed that he would have to stay.