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

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

Police appeal for witnesses as officer undergoes hospital treatment

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

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.

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.

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

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

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