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BBC News
6 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Locals hoping bypass has ended Long Stratton's traffic problems
Property prices, cleaner air and a quieter daily life are all on the agenda for residents of a town that has seen a long-awaited bypass finally was allowed to start using the new road around Long Stratton, Norfolk, on Monday morning as a £46.9m project for the A140 passed a major Browne, co-owner a beauty salon on the main road through the town, said: "It feels so different. It used to be rammed every morning with traffic booming through, big lorries, sirens every day."I commented to my colleague that it feels like a little village instead of a town." Work on the road, which is the main A-road between Norwich and Ipswich, started in April 2024 and is continuing as the finishing touches are put in place before the end of the A140 used to be the main road through the centre of Long Stratton - and it is lined with shops, pubs, restaurants, car and motorcycle dealerships and other bypass stretches for 2.4 miles (3.9km) to the east of the town and has been built with new housing and employment in Browne, from the Doll House salon, said: "We have a really loyal client base and obviously there is going to be a new development of houses coming as well, so obviously that's more faces for us to welcome into the salon." Local resident Stephen Sutton says the impact of the bypass has been immediately noticeable. "I thought how quiet it was - it's lovely," he said."It does feel safer. We've been waiting long enough. I think they've done a good job."[But] in Suffolk, at Botesdale [where the A143 bypasses the village], they said it made it like a ghost town, so we'll see." Another of the businesses in The Street, as the (now ex-) A140 is named through the town, is Aldridge Lansdell chartered surveyors and estate Andrew Lansdell said: "I think it will certainly bring a greater proportionate rise once prices start to recover in properties on the A140, which in the past have been more difficult to sell because of the traffic and the noise."So I think they will go up in price more than they would, perhaps more than other properties in the area."Mr Lansdell is also a town councillor and said he was pleased to see less traffic and was hopeful that would improve air quality, but that he was also concerned more vehicles were exceeding the 30mph speed 1,800 homes planned for Long Stratton, he also hoped a "greater community sense" would develop. Mel Storer-Needham, owner of No.5 Hair Studio, said the new bypass was "amazing"."We're not just going to be like a drive-through town now; we're going to be more of an established town," she said."We've got new houses coming as well; I think it's going to be great." Local resident Stephen Ogden said the bypass brought an end to a "nightmare"."The heavy traffic has gone, which is brilliant but it's the school holidays as well, so we'll see what it's like come September," he said."Anything to make the town a little bit quieter and safer... as we know through here has been a nightmare for years." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
11-08-2025
- BBC News
Motorcyclist, 50s, dies following Hevingham collision
A motorcyclist has died following a collision which left a road closed for more than seven hours. Norfolk Police said it was called to the A140 Cromer Road in Hevingham when a black Vauxhall Astra collided with a white and black Royal Enfield Shotgun 650 motorbike at about 14:10 BST on force said the road was closed while emergency services, including the ambulance and air ambulance, attended the site and the road reopened at about 21:20. The rider, a man in his 50s, died at the scene. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
11-08-2025
- BBC News
Suffolk A140 driver caught drinking alcohol at the wheel
A driver was caught drinking alcohol at the wheel by police during an Police said it was stopping cars on the A140 near Little Stonham, near Stowmarket, on Thursday, to target drivers using fraudulent driving licences and documents. One driver was found to be drinking at the wheel and while he tested below the legal alcohol limit, he was arrested for drug-driving following a drug other individuals were arrested for offences including drink-driving, drug possession and immigration-related crimes. The driver found drinking alcohol at the wheel was also found to have a defective passenger was also dealt with for possession of a bladed article and possession of cannabis, police added. Another vehicle was seized after officers discovered the driver had been swapping registration plates to evade driver was reported for multiple offences, according to police.A spokesperson for the force said the operation saw 45 vehicles stopped in drivers were found to have no driving licence, four had no insurance, two drivers were stopped for window-tint violations and another driver was found to have no operator's well as this nine vehicles were seized in total. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Age
01-05-2025
- The Age
Couple face police inquiries after baby born to commercial surrogate
A Brisbane couple who paid for a surrogate mother to give birth to their child overseas could face criminal charges after a Family Court ruling on their bid to gain parental rights. However, an expert in surrogacy law says she would be surprised if the pair ended up in front of a criminal court, as no one has ever been prosecuted in Queensland for having a baby through surrogacy – even before new laws came into effect 15 years ago. In the latest case, the baby was born in 2024 to a couple living in Brisbane who said they had been trying to have a child for 15 years. In evidence they gave to the Family Court, they said they had paid €84,000 (about $A140,000) to a foreign surrogacy service. Paying for surrogacy is illegal in Queensland, and carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail. The ABC first reported on the case, with the couple now referred to the Queensland director of public prosecutions after they sought a parenting order. That order would have given them decision-making rights for the child, allowed the child to live with them, and prevented the child from spending any time with the surrogate mother. They also asked to be allowed to get an Australian passport or other travel documents for the child, and to travel internationally with the child without needing the surrogate mother's consent. When they made the application, the couple were still overseas, and spoke to the court via video link. Later, their lawyer told the court they had travelled to Australia with the child.
Sydney Morning Herald
01-05-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Couple face police inquiries after baby born to commercial surrogate
A Brisbane couple who paid for a surrogate mother to give birth to their child overseas could face criminal charges after a Family Court ruling on their bid to gain parental rights. However, an expert in surrogacy law says she would be surprised if the pair ended up in front of a criminal court, as no one has ever been prosecuted in Queensland for having a baby through surrogacy – even before new laws came into effect 15 years ago. In the latest case, the baby was born in 2024 to a couple living in Brisbane who said they had been trying to have a child for 15 years. In evidence they gave to the Family Court, they said they had paid €84,000 (about $A140,000) to a foreign surrogacy service. Paying for surrogacy is illegal in Queensland, and carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail. The ABC first reported on the case, with the couple now referred to the Queensland director of public prosecutions after they sought a parenting order. That order would have given them decision-making rights for the child, allowed the child to live with them, and prevented the child from spending any time with the surrogate mother. They also asked to be allowed to get an Australian passport or other travel documents for the child, and to travel internationally with the child without needing the surrogate mother's consent. When they made the application, the couple were still overseas, and spoke to the court via video link. Later, their lawyer told the court they had travelled to Australia with the child.
