ONE of England's busiest roads was brought to a standstill after a girl lost her cuddly toy. Hundreds of motorists faced delays when a 15km stretch of the M11 in Essex was blocked so police could look for Tyrone the Tiger.
Simon Osborn, 46, was travelling home with his wife and two daughters after a family holiday when 10-year-old Amy's toy was sucked out of the sunroof. Mr Osborn, a company director from Ramsgate, Kent, said: "We rang the police and they said it probably wouldn't be possible to get him back".
But he said he was then amazed by the response from the police in Essex. Police set up the rolling roadblock between Stansted and Harlow, causing traffic to back up as an officer searched for the toy. A slightly tyre-marked Tyrone was recovered.
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