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Traffic control reported a section of the A12 northbound was blocked between the A134 Junction 28 and the A120 Junction 29 at 2.25pm due to an “incident and breakdown”.
The road was closed and motorists faced severe delays back to junction 26 and on ro…
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A VAN driver caught speeding on a main Basildon road has been fined.
Graham Brooker, 75, was behind the wheel of a Ford Transit when he was recorded going above the 30 miles per hour lim…
Touching tributes at one of the most difficult times of the years for the recently bereaved have been paid in this week’s Leicester Mercury[1] death notices. This collection of notices honour those who have died in the run-up to Christmas time.
This we…
It was a quiet Wednesday afternoon in Taunton and Natalie Young[1] had popped over the road from her Pegasus retirement home to pick up a few groceries from Morrisons. The sprightly 92-year-old liked to get out at least once a day, and was just paying …
Retired Essex Police chief inspector Andrew Down died following a crash involving an Iveco tipper lorry, which was being driven by Charles Wilkinson, on a roundabout just off the A14 at Trimley St Martin on November 26, 2020.
Mr Down served with Essex…
Before Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday was Charles Wilkinson, 36, of Queen’s Road, who had denied causing the death of 69-year-old cyclist Andrew Down.
A jury took 40 minutes to clear him of the charge.
Mr Down served with Essex Police for 30 years, be…
Retired Essex Police chief inspector Andrew Down, who lived in Felixstowe, died from his injuries after a crash on the roundabout just off the A14 at Trimley St Martin on November 26 2020.
The cyclist was hit by an 18 ton Iveco tipper lorry carrying sa…
Three people have been hospitalised after a bus carrying passengers was involved in a crash in Colchester earlier this morning (September 9). It has been confirmed that the bus collided with a stationary van.There was severe traffic down the A1124 Lexd…
National Highways has proposed reducing the existing 60mph speed limit to 50mph along the eight-mile stretch of road, which has claimed a number of lives.
The proposal – which has a 21-day consultation period ending on September 20 – includes speed cam…
A Gazette Freedom of Information request to Essex Police has revealed the highest speeds recorded by speed cameras in the Colchester borough.
The speed cameras in Cowdray Avenue have recorded jaw-dropping speeds of 93mph, 89pmh, 101mph and 96pmh betwee…