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THE TRUTH ABOUT: A12 - Caught on Camera

Girl, 6, killed and second child injured after crash involving lorry on A12

The road was closed in both directions to allow emergency services to work at the scene

The Independent UK

Gallows Corner flyover: End in sight for motorists after 10 months of roadworks hell on A12

TfL vows that flyover upgrade and water main replacement in east London will be completed by ‘end of April’

Evening Standard

Police officer responding to emergency died in horror A12 crash

The officer who sadly died in the incident has been described as ‘courageous’ and a ‘dedicated professional’

Evening Standard

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A12 closure LIVE: Crash shuts major road linking London and Essex with closure expected through evening

The A12 is currently completely closed between junction 15 at Margaretting and junction 12 for Ingatestone

Evening Standard

'Farcical': Gallows Corner flyover and roundabout in east London to remain closed for six more months

Upgrade to key section of A12 should have been finished by September but has been derailed by unexpected discoveries underground

Evening Standard

Reckless driver heading wrong way down major road stopped by tactical police crash

A "reckless" driver heading the wrong way down the A12 was stopped by Metropolitan Police officers, dramatic aerial and dashcam footage shows.

The Independent UK

M25 slip road to shut for seven weekends for work on £170m junction 28 upgrade

The exit slip road at junction 28 is to shut this weekend and next, and for five other weekends

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OPINION - Is phone theft not a crime in London any more?

A phone is reported stolen in London every six minutes. And last Thursday night, mine became one of them. Seamlessly taken from my pocket on Charing Cross Road without me realising, before it was switched off — and pinged on Find My iPhone a couple of hours later on the…

Evening Standard

Met Police officer injured by 'reckless' driver in A12 Redbridge pursuit

Police appeal for witnesses as officer undergoes hospital treatment

Evening Standard

‘Driving us to ruin’: Netherlands climate protesters fight fossil fuels

Sieger Sloot convicted for social media appeals to block motorway to protest huge subsidies for fossil fuel companies.

Al Jazeera

Comment: ‘the brutal lessons from Balfron Tower’s unsold flats’

In an uncertain property market, the fact a developer has been unable to sell any flats (priced from £365,000 for a one-bed) in a Sixties tower block next to the A12 repeatedly voted Britain’s ugliest seems unsurprising. Especially since the concrete building’s construction made it tricky to secure a mortgage.

Evening Standard

OPINION - We must do our bit for the elusive, brave eel

Last week, I found myself under the A12 in Redbridge, wading through a muddy Thames tributary, in search of European eels. With me were two conservationists from ZSL – the organisation I lead – checking eel traps along eel migratory routes, as cars rumbled over the bridge above us.

Evening Standard

Locals slam plan to light up 26ft naked man statue over fears it will distract drivers

The Yoxman statue, which stands in the grounds of Cockfield Hall in Yoxford, Suffolk, has been overlooking the busy A12 since its installation in 2021 and could soon be more visible to motorists at night

Daily Mirror

Abandoned A-road located in the heart of England that you'll never get to drive on

If you live in Suffolk, then chances are you've used the A12 at some point - but you probably didn't know a section of the road was closed in the 1980s and remains abandoned to this day

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Police investigating viral video showing driver moving cones to escape traffic

Essex Police described the actions of the motorist on the A12 as ‘illegal’.

Daily Mirror

'Impatient' elderly driver filmed moving traffic cones to escape queue on A12

An HGV driver has filmed an elderly woman getting out of her car during a traffic jam on the A12 in Essex and moving cones so she could move into another lane before being stopped by an irate workman

Daily Mirror

Horrifying moment disqualified driver motors in wrong direction down busy road

Gregory Taylor, 35, was sentenced to two years in prison for offences including dangerous driving on the A12 when he appeared at Ipswich Crown Court

Evening Standard

Five children and bus driver rushed to hospital after vehicle hits tree

The vehicle was travelling to Colchester County High School before it swerved off the road at a roundabout on the A12 in Cymbelline Way

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Motorists warned of road closure chaos as cyclists take to the streets for RideLondon

Transport for London has warned of ‘significant delays to road journeys in the area of the events’

Evening Standard

West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini admits driving Porsche without licence or insurance

The Argentinian footballer was convicted of driving offences days before he was involved in a dramatic crash on the A12

Daily Mirror

Manuel Lanzini says car crash in which Mercedes flipped was "pretty big scare"

West Ham and Argentina midfielder Manuel Lanzini was left uninjured after a car crash on the A12 as he returned to training after international duty in South America

Evening Standard

One killed, another fighting for life after crash on A12 in London

A person was killed and another left fighting for life after a car smashed into a tree and overturned on the A12 in east London early on Monday.

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