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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T14:15:17.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nDrivers travelling for the bank holiday weekend are being warned of long delays on a major road following a major traffic accident.\n\nThe A1 Rutland remains closed in both directions between the B1081 (Great Casterton) and the A606 (Stamford) due to a serious collision.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nNational Highways reported that the accident involved a lorry that had left the carriageway, prompting the closure.\n\nAll emergency services, including Leicestershire Police and an Air Ambulance, have attended the scene.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTraffic officers from National Highways are also on the scene to provide assistance for congestion, which is building at the scene.\n\nPosting on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, National Highways: East Midlands issued a warning to motorists.\n\nIt reported that emergency services remain at the scene, and that drivers can expect delays of 45 minutes and four miles of congestion in both directions.\n\nGB News has contacted the emergency services for a comment.\n\nNational Highways has installed a diversion route for motorists to follow to avoid the congestion on the A1.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n#### Southbound traffic is being diverted via the hollow diamond diversion symbol\n\n  * Exit the A1 southbound at the junction with A607 Grantham and at the roundabout take the second exit, towards Melton\n  * At the end of the road, turn right onto the A607, towards Melton/Newark\n  * Remain on the A607 for approximately 13 miles, passing through Harlaxton, Croxton Kerrial and Waltham on the Wolds to the light-controlled junction with the A607 at Melton Mowbray\n  * Continue straight over to join the A606\n  * Continue on the A606 for approximately 18 miles, passing through Burton Lazars, Oakham and Empingham, to re-join the A1 at Stamford\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * AI road cameras that can see inside cars catch 700 drivers in just one week\n  * Petrol and diesel drivers spared from nationwide price gouging despite near-record fuel costs\n  * HMRC launches new VAT rates for petrol and diesel drivers today with thousands of drivers impacted\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n#### Northbound traffic is being diverted via the solid circle diversion symbol\n\n  * Exit the A1 northbound at the A606 junction at Stamford\n  * Join the A606 westbound and continue for 18 miles towards Melton Mowbray\n  * Join the A607 northbound after Melton Mowbray and continue towards Grantham\n  * Re-join the A1 northbound at Grantham to continue the onward journey\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTraffic maps from National Highways suggest that the event is expected to clear between 5.15pm and 5.30pm, although normal traffic conditions should return by around 5pm.\n\n**_MORE TO FOLLOW..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "A1 closed: Serious collision causes long traffic delays after lorry 'left carriageway' on major road"
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