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Essex road closures January 5 to 7 including M25 and A12

These will mainly be along the A12 in the early hours of the morning, with a few on the Dartford Crossing and the M25.
If you are set to be travelling along these areas, it’s best to take note of different diversions in place.
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M25 to shut overnight next week causing delays for motorists

The M25 is set to be shut overnight next week causing potential delays for motorists. The entry slip road at junction 28 with the A12 near Brentwood will be shut on Monday night (December 4) into the early hours of Tuesday morning (December 5).
The wor…

Bolton: Severfield-built bridge beams to be used on M25

The beams were built by steel manufacturer Severfield[1], which has a plant in Lostock, and are to be used to create a new slip road on London’s orbital motorway, the M25. 
The new slip road will be at junction 28, near Essex town Brentwood. 
A police …

Thousands across Essex call for ‘immediate general election’

Hundreds of people across Essex have backed a petition calling for an ‘immediate’ UK general election. A petition to Parliament has been signed by more than 180,000 people across the UK.
In Essex it has been signed by almost 4,000 people as of 10am on …

Essex town named as area with high increase in new smokers

The number of people who have taken up smoking in Brentwood has almost doubled in four years – with just three other districts nationally recording worse figures. But at the other end of the scale Maldon has seen the second highest drop in the number o…