Drivers face delays after traffic lights fail on Uppingham Road, Humberstone, Leicester

Drivers faced delays this morning after a set of traffic lights on the A47 Uppingham Road in Humberstone, Leicester, failed. Motorists had to take care to cross the lights at the junction of Uppingham Road, Coleman Road and The Portwey. Area Traffic Control reported that the lights failed at 5.15am. They said that by 8.45am an engineer was on the way to try to fix the problem. A spokeswoman said: "By 8.45am there had been no accidents. "Luckily, the traffic has been lighter because of the school holidays and the Easter break."UPDATE 9.40am: The lights were back in operation at 9.30am.

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