ROAD: M11, ESSEX / CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Heavy traffic on M11 Southbound between J11 A10 / A1309 Hauxton Road (Cambridge South / Harston) and J9 A11 Saffron Walden.
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ROAD: HIGH STREET, SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX
High Street blocked due to an accident, two vehicles involved from South Road to B1052 Debden Road.
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ROAD: M11, ESSEX
One lane is blocked due to an accident involving a lorry on M11 Northbound before J9 A11 (Saffron Walden).
Police appeal for information after badger deaths
Four badgers have been found poisoned in a sett in Saffron Walden, Essex. Three of the animals died.
Essex Police Wildlife Crime Officer Andy Long said an investigation was underway:
– PC Andy Long, Essex Police"Badgers are a protected species and it is an offence to kill them and also interfere with badger setts. It is also an offence to lay any poison on any land.
We also want to hear from anyone who might have seen any suspicious activity on roads in that area or from anyone who might have seen items being thrown from vehicles or left at the roadside.
Anyone with information should contact Pc Long on 101 or email wildlife@essex.pnn.police.uk
Four badgers found poisoned in Essex
Police have appealed for information after four badgers were poisoned at a sett near Saffron Walden in Essex.
Three of the animals died but the fourth, a female, was found in time to be nursed back to health and released back into the wild.
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A man has died after an electricity cable came down in a field in Essex, setting the area alight.
The man, thought to be a jogger, was killed in the incident at about 8.40pm last night near Debden Road in Newport.
A fire service spokesman said: "Crews arriving at the scene requested the attendance of an ambulance for one male casualty suffering severe burns.
"The electricity board was called to isolate power to the cable and at 9.52pm firefighters were standing by as disconnection took place.
"A joint police and fire service investigation will be carried out."
An Essex Police spokesman said the man, who was in his 50s and from the nearby Saffron Walden area, had come into contact with a high voltage power line.
ROADS: M11 SOUTHBOUND - CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Reports of queueing traffic and partially blocked due to accident on M11 southbound between J9 A11 Saffron Walden and J8a A120 (Stansted Airport).
ROAD: M11, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
One lane closed due to broken down lorry on M11 northbound between J9 A11 Saffron Walden and J10 A505 (Duxford).
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