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'A general election bribe': Your views on A12 lane widening proposals
In news sure to delight long suffering A12 motorists, the government this week announced proposals to spend up to £1.6 billion on widening the carriageway between the M25 and Colchester.But dozens of...
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'Ginger haired' River Crouch body had been in the water for some time
A MYSTERY man's body has been discovered floating in the mouth of the River Crouch near Burnham, sparking a police investigation to discover his identity.The man was first spotted on Thursday, November...
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NATIONAL LOTTERY RESULTS on Wednesday, December 4: The winning Lotto draw...
It's time to check that all important National Lottery ticket - the Lotto draw has been completed for another Wednesday - with a £2.1million jackpot at stake.Remember - there are two things to check....
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Man was hit and killed while walking along pitch black Roxwell Road
A VAN driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian was killed walking on a 60mph country lane in the pitch dark.The collision took place at about 6am...
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Woman returns from night out to find car smashed into Rainsford Lane house
A PENSIONER returned home from an evening out to find that a car had smashed into the front of her Chelmsford house, leaving loose bricks and a crack in the ceiling.Edah Lijodi, 73, arrived at her home...
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'No houses under threat' from proposed A12 road widening project
THE county's notorious A12 – once dubbed Britain's worst road – is to get a £1.6 billion upgrade that will make it almost entirely motorway standard.Following decades of campaigning, Transport...
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Song and dance marks switch-on of Braintree Christmas lights
BRAINTREE hailed the start of Advent with a dramatic Christmas lights switch-on amid flurries of manmade snow, singing and dancing.On Sunday, the streets of Braintree town centre were lined with...
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Autumn Statement flood defence pledges for Canvey Island and Holland-on-Sea
Essex is set to benefit from the £2.3 billion pot for flood defences outlined in Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement yesterday.The Government says the funding will be pumped into two main...
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Heybridge Swifts part company with manager Keith Wilson
HEYBRIDGE Swifts will be looking for their fourth manager in just over a year after parting company with manager Keith Wilson.The former Burnham Ramblers boss took over at Scraley Road in the summer...
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Burmese migrants charged over Thailand murder of Essex student Hannah Witheridge
A court has charged two Burmese migrants with murdering two British tourists on a Thai island.Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, both 21, were today charged in their absence with murdering University of Essex...
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Pair charged over Thailand murder of Essex student Hannah Witheridge
A court has charged two Burmese migrants with murdering two British tourists on a Thai island.Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, both 21, were today charged in their absence with murdering University of Essex...
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Duck face, 'mahoosive' and middle aged men in Lycra included in online Oxford...
A word defining middle-aged men in Lycra – MAMILs – "duck face" and "mahoosive" are among the 1,000 new words to make it into the online Oxford dictionary.A MAMIL, in OxfordDictionaries.com, is defined...
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Chelmsford teenager beaten during Ongar TOWIE Christmas lights switch-on
A 16-year-old boy from Chelmsford was rushed to hospital with serious facial injuries after he was attacked while lights were switched on in Ongar.The victim was set upon by a group of boys in Ongar...
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Christmas 2014: Have you seen the best decorated house in Essex?
The countdown to Christmas is on, and you'd have to go some way to avoiding it!Households in Essex are getting the boxes out of storage, dusting off their decorations and creating their very own...
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Chelmsford railway station 'among the busiest in the UK'
Chelmsford is the second busiest railway station in the east of England, according to the most recent figures. Statistics from the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) reveal there were 8,286,879 'entries...
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Named and shamed: Drivers charged in Essex in Christmas anti-drink drive...
Essex Police has released details of the first people to be charged as part of its Christmas anti-drink drive campaign. Since the campaign launched on Monday (December 1), a total of 123 drivers have...
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Essex 'makes multi-million pound gains from Tour de France'
Essex gained a multi-million pound economic boost from the Tour de France, according to a report published today. The report, which examined the economic and social impact of hosting the Tour de...
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Man arrested on suspicion of drink driving in Roxwell Road death
A 26-year-old man from Billericay has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving, following a fatal accident on Roxwell Road on Monday.The man was also arrested on suspicion of causing death by...
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Sacked Heybridge Swifts manager Keith Wilson says he could have turned poor...
KEITH WILSON believes he could have turned Heybridge Swifts around if he had been given the chance.Swifts sacked Wilson this morning following Tuesday night's 3-0 defeat at Wroxham, a result that...
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Body discovered in Newport is identified as missing Dunmow man Matthew Vernon
A body discovered in fields in Newport yesterday (December 2) has been formally identified as a man reported missing over the weekend.Matthew Vernon, 23, from Dunmow, vanished after he was last seen at...
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