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BBC News
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- Automotive
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National Highways The M11 southbound carriageway is closed due to a serious crash, according to National Highways A major road has been closed following a serious collision. The M11 southbound carriageway has been shut between junction 10 near Duxford, Cambridgeshire, and Royston, Hertfordshire, and junction nine for Saffron Walden, Essex. National Highways said the emergency services were in attendance alongside traffic officers. A diversion route has been put in place and drivers have been encouraged to follow the hollow square symbols on road signs. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Related internet links
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Bus left teetering over giant sinkhole after road collapses in Russia
Dramatic footage from Kazan, Russia, captured a city bus precariously hanging over a deep hole after the road beneath it collapsed during heavy rain on August 3. Fortunately, all passengers were safely evacuated as traffic officers worked to secure the area and redirect vehicles.
The Herald
29-07-2025
- The Herald
Cape Town police crack down on motorists not carrying licences
During an operation in the Cape Town CBD on July 25, traffic officers issued fines to 54 motorists unable to provide a driver's licence. 'It's alarming to realise how many people are driving without valid licences or proof of a valid licence,' said safety and security MMC JP Smith. 'It might seem of little consequence, but officers are duty-bound to enforce the law. We face huge challenges with unlicensed drivers who are a danger to themselves and others. 'Presentation of a driver's licence card is the only way to prove you are behind the wheel legally. So let this serve as a reminder to us all to never leave home without your card — digital copies are not acceptable. If your card has been lost or stolen keep proof of the new application on hand in the event you are stopped.' In the past week traffic officers recorded 49,687 offences for traffic violations, executed 1,845 warrants and impounded 239 public transport vehicles. The public emergency communication centre dispatched assistance to 41 vehicle and pedestrian accidents.
BBC News
04-07-2025
- BBC News
'Brazen' West Midlands jewellery thief jailed after £16k haul
A "brazen" jewellery thief who would ask to see items in jewellery stores then flee the shop with them has been Dosanjh was jailed for two years at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 27 June after a series of thefts with a haul totalling more than £16, committed thefts at jewellery stores in the Black Country, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, but was caught when traffic officers stopped him in 33-year-old, of Greenhill Road in Handsworth Wood, had pleaded guilty to nine charges of shop theft. West Midlands Police said Dosanjh's series of heists began on 18 January, when he asked staff at a jewellers in West Bromwich if he could have a look at a gold chain from a display staff member handed the chain over to Dosanjh, who then ran from the store. On the same day, he used similar tactics at a jewellers in Birmingham, again, fleeing with a gold then went on to commit similar offences in Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Solihull, Brierley Hill, Wolverhampton and his spree of thefts came to an end when he was stopped by traffic officers in Oldbury on 19 May after driving a Volkswagen Golf without a license and by officers revealed he was also wanted for the string of theft Paul Bishop of West Midlands Police said: "Dosanjh was charged with nine shop theft offences with eight of them relating to jewellery shops."He was a brazen thief that used the same tactics for each of his offences. However, due to good CCTV footage we were able to link Dosanjh to his crime spree across the West Midlands." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
The Herald
04-06-2025
- General
- The Herald
Parolee disguised as woman kills farmer for cash, gets life in jail
'The accused got out of the vehicle and was dressed in Muslim women's clothing with only his eyes visible. The traffic officers who testified as state witnesses found the injured elderly man in the passenger seat. They noticed blood on the door of the passenger side as well as inside the vehicle. Herandien had been stabbed. They asked him who had stabbed him, and he pointed at the accused, ' said Ntabazalila. The traffic officers led the vehicle to a roadblock, where the driver was arrested. The stabbed farmer was then declared deceased. 'Police found a knife blade in the vehicle, a makeup kit, a lady's bra, contact lens holders, syringes and black material in a bag. It was evident that the accused wanted to hide his identity,' said Ntabazalila. Erasmus was convicted of premeditated murder, and the state asked for life, arguing he could not be rehabilitated. 'He was on parole when he committed the murder, and he is currently serving the rest of his previous sentence of 32 years, of which five years are left,' said Ntabazalila. Previous convictions include: theft (1992); two counts of attempted murder (1999); two counts of robbery (1999); four counts of possession of an illegal firearm and possession of illegal ammunition (1999); malicious property damage (1999); assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (1999); theft (1999); escape or attempt to escape from custody (1999); and reckless and negligent driving (1999). 'The offences were committed in the Eastern Cape, where the accused and three others shot at police in Steytlerville. They fled the scene, and police arrested them in Beaufort-West. Police took them to Correctional Services in Steytlerville. They asked the head of the prison to make a call, assaulted him, took firearms from the safe and escaped from prison. Police arrested them later,' added Ntabazalila. In her victim impact statement, the farmer's wife said they had been together for 42 years, since the ages of 17 and 19. TimesLIVE
