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Now, a recently rediscovered collection of old photographs has revealed how the Acle Straight – one of Norfolk’s most accident-prone roads – has long since been a black spot.
These images from this newspaper’s photographic archive, with some dating bac…
The tragedy happened shortly after 3.30pm yesterday (November 26) when a white Dacia swerved onto the wrong side of the road along Lawn Avenue in Great Yarmouth.
Witnesses say the victim was approaching the traffic lights at Caister Road when he “sudde…
In less than a year, a speed camera on the A38 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, has racked up over 17,000 fines, sparking outrage among locals. Many argue that this camera is positioned to catch drivers off guard—a practice that seems to be spre…
Highways bosses want to reduce the speed limit on the A47 between Great Yarmouth and Acle from 60mph to 50mph, saying it is needed to prevent crashes and deaths.
The Acle Straight (Image: Sonya Duncan) But critics, while accepting the need to make the …
The convoy travelled down the A47 to Pleasurewood Hills where children and their families, alongside the lorry drivers, would spend the afternoon before making the return trip. On the return leg, the lorries would drive down Marine Parade in Great Yarm…
A driving instructor has been left with a fractured spine after a head-on crash during a lesson which also left her pupil seriously injured.
Police are searching for the driver of a Vauxhall[1] Vivaro van who fled the scene after crashing into instruct…
A driving instructor is in hospital and her pupil has suffered whiplash and severe bruising after their car was involved in a hit-and-run crash.The car was hit by a van driving on the opposite side of road on the A47 Acle Straight, near Great Yarmouth,…
Three men have been charged after £200,000 of cannabis was found inside a car and a van.Norfolk police said officers stopped a Vauxhall Combo and a Vauxhall Insignia on the A11 at Ketteringham, between Norwich and Wymondham, on Tuesday.The men, aged in…
A drink driver from Diss[1] who was more than three times over the limit and killed a father-of-four after his car veered into the opposite lane of traffic has been jailed today.
Lee Peartree, 34, of Appletree Lane, appeared at Norwich Crown Court toda…
December 26, 2023 at 10:35 AM
A man has been charged over an assault near a seafront that has left a man in a critical condition in hospital.
Emergency services were called to Regent Road in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, at 12:07 GMT on Friday, where a m…