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Missing drain cover on A12 creating Chelmsford traffic misery
CHELMSFORD is gridlocked tonight (November 19) due to emergency repairs and a collapsed manhole cover on A12 turnoff at Boreham. Traffic is queuing back to junction 15 (A414 Three Mile Hill) as a...
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Man, 75, found dead next to car on Chelmsford Road, Great Dunmow
A man has died following an incident involving a vehicle in Great Dunmow.Police were contacted after a man was found lying next to a car on hard standing adjacent to a roundabout in Chelmsford Road,...
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A12 lorry driver caught watching TV at the wheel as more than 150...
Essex Police carried out one of the biggest road safety operation in its history on the A12 yesterday (November 19) following concerns for the increasing number of casualties and deaths on the...
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A12 police operation in numbers as 90 people stopped for speeding...
Ninety drivers were stopped for speeding in Chelmsford during an Essex Police operation aimed at cracking down on speeding. Motorists flouting the law were targeted by officers on patrol in the city...
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Chelmsford classic car owner 'to sue BHS' over £1,500...
A BUILDER has said he is prepared to take retail giant BHS to court after a package was dumped on his classic Mercedes, causing £1,500 of damage.Andrew Flowers, 51, was dismayed to discover that the...
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Ambitious plan for direct train line via Chelmsford from Stansted...
A RAIL campaign group has put together a plan for a direct train line from Stansted to Braintree.The Braintree and Witham Rail Users Association wants to see a train route from the airport, through...
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Backing for multi-million pound Essex railway line improvement...
A GOVERNMENT minister has said campaigners bidding for a further £476 million of investment in the London to Norwich line are helping to "shape the future of railways".Secretary of state for transport,...
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Trains delayed by an hour through Chelmsford after freight train...
Trains are being delayed by up to an hour this morning through Chelmsford as a freight train has broken down. Around 15 trains are currently cancelled, with a number of others delayed. Disruption is...
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Severe weather warning issued for Essex as icy fog hits the...
THE Met Office has issued a yellow severe weather warning for Essex as icy fog threatens to disrupt this morning's commute.Patchy fog formed as night fell last night across southern and central...
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Essex County Council bids for £10m of EU funding for A120...
THE county's tourism boss says a bid for £10million of EU funding to improve the A120 could help "unlock the economic potential" of Essex and the eastern region. George Kieffer, chairman of the Haven...
View ArticleChelmsford city council needs £28m for Army and Navy...
AS A SECOND phase of construction begins to ease congestion at Chelmsford's Army & Navy roundabout, talks to secure the £28m needed to build a two-way flyover are about to start.Work to extend the...
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Man trapped after two cars collide and hit a house in Chelmsford
TWO cars collided and then hit a house in Chelmsford last night, after a driver became unwell at the wheel, leaving one man trapped in his vehicle.The accident happened opposite Chelmsford Fire Station...
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Three people sought after two teens attacked on Essex train
British Transport Police officers are appealing for help to trace three people after two teenagers were attacked on a train to Colchester.The incident occurred on Saturday, September 6, on board a...
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Woman returns from night out to find car smashed into Rainsford...
A PENSIONER returned home from an evening out to find that a car had smashed into the front of her Chelmsford house, leaving loose bricks and a crack in the ceiling.Edah Lijodi, 73, arrived at her home...
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Man was hit and killed while walking along pitch black Roxwell...
A VAN driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving after a pedestrian was killed walking on a 60mph country lane in the pitch dark.The collision took place at about 6am on...
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'No houses under threat' from proposed A12 road widening project
THE county's notorious A12 – once dubbed Britain's worst road – is to get a £1.6 billion upgrade that will make it almost entirely motorway standard.Following decades of campaigning, Transport...
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Chelmsford railway station 'among the busiest in the UK'
Chelmsford is the second busiest railway station in the east of England, according to the most recent figures. Statistics from the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) reveal there were 8,286,879 'entries...
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Named and shamed: Drivers charged in Essex in Christmas...
Essex Police has released details of the first people to be charged as part of its Christmas anti-drink drive campaign. Since the campaign launched on Monday (December 1), a total of 123 drivers have...
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Essex Police to face IPCC probe over A12 death of Kyle Brooks
The police watchdog is to investigate Essex Police response to events leading to the death of a 28-year-old man who was struck and killed while walking along the A12 near Chelmsford.The force received...
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Man to face charges of dangerous and drink driving after crash...
A MAN involved in a serious collision near Braintree earlier this year that left a woman paralysed has been summonsed to court to face charges. Benjamin Hagon, 36, of Acorn Avenue, Halstead, was the...
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