Man arrested in connection with stabbing of Braintree boy released without...
A 35-year-old man arrested in connection with a stabbing in Chelmsford has been released without charge.The man was on police bail until Friday, January 30 after a 17-year-old boy from Braintree was...
View ArticleEssex Police appeal for help to identify four Missoula men
Police are appealing for information regarding a disturbance outside Chelmsford nightspot Missoula last year.At about 5.50am on Sunday, October 26 there was a disturbance involving a number of men,...
View ArticleSURVIVING WINTER APPEAL: Wise retirees make beeline for Chelmsford Wisdom Group
IT'S NO secret that the winter months can be hard for the elderly and vulnerable, as staying indoors to avoid the plummeting temperatures can mean being cut off from company.But for the organisers and...
View ArticlePolice in Braintree appeal for information after elderly man suffers serious...
Police are encouraging witnesses to come forward after a man in his 60s was found with a serious head injury in Braintree.Officers were rushed to Rosemary Avenue in Braintree shortly before 3am on...
View ArticleOverturned HGV blocks London-bound A12 near Witham
An overturned lorry has blocked the London-bound side of the A12.The accident, involving a HGV, happened at around 3.50pm today between junctions 22 and 21 on the south carriageway.Fire crews from...
View ArticleEssex businessman guilty of selling fake cancer cure vitamins given suspended...
An Essex businessman was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and his company fined £10,000 for selling potentially toxic vitamins he claimed could cure and prevent cancer.Roger Shelley, owner...
View ArticleCressing villagers fear disruption from new Cordons Farm waste centre
VILLAGERS are bracing themselves for disruption as a new waste centre begins taking in rubbish from across the district.Residents in Cressing fear that the use of Cordons Farm in Long Green as a waste...
View ArticleChelmsford pub regular Florence turns 100
GROWING old is often associated with retirement homes and a sedentary lifestyle.But a centenarian from Witham is proving that reaching the age of 100 doesn't have to mean slowing down.Florence Seymour,...
View ArticleSnow causing dangers on Essex roads
People across Essex are waking up to a light dusting of snow this morning and should therefore be vigilant out on the roads and footpaths. The Met office issued a warning for snow last night and that...
View ArticleMore snowy showers as 'Beast from the East' hits Essex
Snowy showers could return to Essex today as the cold air flow, dubbed the "Beast from the East", hits the UK.The wave of freezing temperatures is breezing its way from Siberia in Russia, and in the...
View ArticleSouthend is crowned UK's most romantic town, ahead of Wigan, Sunderland,...
Southend-on-sea has been crowned the UK's most romantic place, according to new figures from ecommerce experts, Postcode Anywhere.The experts found that more people in Southend bought more presents...
View ArticleEssex police says it has not uploaded pictures of innocent people to facial...
Hundreds of thousands of innocent people may be on a facial recognition database, after it was revealed that up to 18 million mugshots were uploaded by police in England and Wales, in spite of a court...
View ArticleCream safe and jewellery stolen from Corringham home in aggravated burglary
Police investigating an aggravated burglary in Corringham, Thurrock have released the name of someone wanted in connection with the incident as well as an e-fit of another suspect. Detectives want to...
View ArticleElderly man left in critical condition after suffering serious head...
Essex Police are investigating the circumstances that led to a man in his 60s being left in a critical condition with serious head injuries Sunday morning.Police were called to Rosemary Avenue shortly...
View ArticleSouthend's Michael Haastrup may have been stabbed with two knives in...
THE ALLEGED victim in a murder trial may have been stabbed with two different knives, a court heard today.Michael Haastrup, 24, of Southend, collapsed outside a flat in Cressing Road, Braintree, after...
View ArticleBraintree's 15th straight league defeat counts as double
BELEAGUERED Braintree's 15th straight league defeat of the season, a 58-0 reverse, proved even more painful after Saturday's game was granted "double header" status when Rochford Hundred agreed it...
View ArticleMATCH OFF: WITHAM TOWN V ENFIELD TOWN
Tonight's Ryman North division clash between Witham Town and Enfield Town has been called off following a pitch inspection this afternoon.The postponement leaves Witham three games behind their league...
View ArticleGreat Notley Country Park is crowned as Essex's finest
Great Notley Country Park has been crowned the finest in Essex in a poll of the county's parents. The annual Primary Times Essex Star Awards recognises the best places and businesses in Essex for...
View ArticleMaldon and Dengie coastline to be overrun by tourists thanks to...
THE Dengie's picturesque wild coast could become a magnet for tourists after the Big Lottery Fund pledged to give £292,000 for improvements.The money from the Coastal Communities Fund must be spent...
View ArticleTheatre group's knife warning to 1,800 Chelmsford pupils after teen's murder
KNIFE crime was an extra element included in the play, at the request of Chelmsford City Council.Concerned about recent knife incidents in the city, including the murder of Ashley Woolley, 18, in...
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