Essex County, England News

Essex Police are trying to trace Terry Jacobs, 28, in connection for two incidents, one in Waltham Abbey and another in Chelmsford, earlier this year.

A MAN had his jaw broken in three places when he was assaulted at a taxi rank at Lakeside Shopping Centre.

A TALENT show organiser who helped to launch the career of Stanford-le-Hope X Factor star Rylan Clark has been arrested on suspicion of rape.

AN investigation has been launched after a fire broke out in a Laindon home in the early hours of the morning.

When they arrived, the incident commander for Essex Fire Service reported the ground floor of the 75x30 metre building was well alight and the second floor was heavily smoke-logged. By 12.30am this morning, the fire had spread to both floors of the building and firefighters brought in an aerial ladder platform as well as more hoses to try to bring ... (more)

Crooks stole the keys to the silver 5 series and white 3 series cars after breaking in to a house on Rectory Avenue.

Cool, drizzly weather across the region was followed up with strong south westerly which left one couple without a car after a 50-year-old cherry tree came crashing down on it.

Four men appeared in Hendon Magistrates Court this morning in connection with a series of armed robberies across north London.

The Basildon branch of Cure the NHS teamed up with London-based legal firms Leigh Day and Field Fisher Waterhouse to hold a public meeting at The Place in Northlands Pavement, Pitsea , yesterday afternoon.

Rev Mina Smallman has been given the title - which covers Rochford , Basildon , Thurrock and Hadleigh as well as the town itself.

Phil and Pat Rackley, independent labour councillors, have called for urgent repairs to be carried out on the dilapidated Laindon Centre while regeneration plans are up in the air.

The order was secured by CPC Worldwide, which is acting for a number of Harlequin investors seeking around A 1.1million, at a private High Court hearing which the couple were not notified of.

FURIOUS motorists have hit out at yet more road closures being planned for routes in and out of south Essex.

Recovering heart patients who can often be left feeling helpless, depressed and anxious after surgery are benefiting from a pioneering rehabilitation programme set up by two friends.

On The Line is a unique arts project by Metal, the arts organisation based at Chalkwell Hall, which is working to create artwork, photography, films and music that documents life on the c2c line between Thurrock and Shoebury .

A CONTROVERSIAL headteacher at a troubled school has gone on long-term sick leave.

A BRAVE tot from Benfleet is battling a form of liver cancer so rare it only affects one in a million children.

A May 15 article in The Telegraph made waves by reporting that the head teacher at a London Catholic School called in gay rights group Stonewall to educate on the need to avoid homophobic bullying after a five-year-old boy called another student's shoes "gay." Now it turns out that the incident never happened.

Following the raids the nine women, who were from Russia, Bulgaria and Latvia, were taken to a care centre to receive support, according to London Evening Standard.

Riders up to their late teens start riding in the park during the Spring and Summer every year, and the police say that they are already receiving 'three or four' calls a day about the problem.