PEOPLE living in Emley are now protesting that lorries are using their village as a rat run.

They say the problem started after HGVs were banned from Flockton two years ago.

Anyone who has driven through Flockton to the M1 will know just how unsuitable that road is for the amount of traffic heading to and from the motorway.

A bypass has been mooted since 1956 ... and yet has never happened.

If any village deserves a bypass then it has to be Flockton.

But, sadly, the issue will probably only come to the fore again after a tragedy.