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How much is a human life worth? Surely, if you are reckless enough to take three in one go, you should spend more than a decade behind bars?
Lynn man Aurelijus Cielevicius was sent to prison last week[1] after previously pleading guilty to three counts…
Eastbound carriageway reopened – National Highways
The A47 was closed in both directions between the A1065 and the A1075 due to a heavy goods vehicle fire. The eastbound carriageway has now re-opened.
The westbound carriageway remains closed between th…
A 72-year-old from Lincolnshire[1] has died after losing control of his car and careening off the A47. Emergency services were called to the crash at the junction of the A1 southbound at Wansford at around 5.15am on Tuesday, April 27.
The man, from Bou…
A bus driver had a microsleep episode moments before a crash that killed him and a passenger, an inquest has concluded.
It follows the incident on June 26 2018, when a double decker bus collided with a Scania lorry on the A47 between Thorney and Guyhir…
Michael Elcombe, 45, was driving a First Eastern Counties service between Peterborough and Norwich when it collided with an HGV on the A47.
Mr Elcombe of Cley Road, Swaffham, died at the scene of the crash[1] on June 26, 2018.
Passenger Brian Chapman, …
A bus driver had a microsleep episode moments before a crash that killed him and a passenger, an inquest has concluded.
It follows the incident on June 26, 2018[1] when a double decker bus collided with a Scania lorry on the A47 between Thorney and Guy…
Michael Elcombe was driving the Peterborough to Norwich Excel service when the crash happened on the A47 between Gurhirn and Thorney Toll[1], in Cambridgeshire, on June 26, 2018.
Mr Elcombe, 45, of Cley Road, Swaffham, died at the scene of the crash.
P…
Officers will be providing a convoy for a lorry carrying a yacht from Tunstead Road in Hoveton to Ipswich.
The load, which is 5.3m wide, 21.5m long and weighs 44,000kg, is being delivered to an address in Wherstead Road.
The convoy will leave Tunstead …
This is how a vast £750 million rail freight terminal could look if it gets planning permission for green fields between Leicester and Hinckley. The image shows nine warehouses along with new road access to the M69 motorway as well as a rail terminal c…
A man has been seriously injured after being hit by a lorry.
Officers were called just before 7am today (Thursday, April 13) to the A47 near Uppingham after a lorry hit a pedestrian.
A man in his 50s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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