The Latest Breaking News from A12

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 · Aug 11

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 · Feb 18

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 · Nov 20, 2025

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 · Aug 12, 2024

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

Police appeal for witnesses as officer undergoes hospital treatment

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2024

‘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 · Sep 19, 2023

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 · Aug 10, 2023

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 · Aug 9, 2023

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 · Jun 16, 2023

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

Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023