South Woodham Ferrers building destroyed in house fire

March 1, 2015, 12:28 am

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A derelict building in South Woodham Ferrers has been destroyed in a fire.The house in Hullbridge Road, measuring 15m by 15m, was 100 per cent well alight when firefighters arrived at 7pm last nightInitially, three appliances were sent to the scene but on arrival the incident commander requested the attendance of an aerial ladder platform and water bowser to support firefighting operations.At 7.30pm firefighters in breathing apparatus used two jets and three hose reels to tackle the blaze which...

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Missing girl from Maldon found safe and well

March 1, 2015, 7:38 am

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A 16-year-old girl, who had been missing from her home in Maldon since this morning has been found safe and well.Natasha Torteli, had been last seen leaving her mother's home in Falcon Fields in Maldon at around 10am on Sunday, March 1. She was found about hours later.

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March 3, 2015, 11:46 pm

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Police are searching for missing girl Wafa Benaziza, who was last seen leaving her home in Wood Road, Heybridge at around 10.10pm on Friday (February 27).  Police are growing increasingly concerned for Wafa's welfare and ask anyone who knows where she is to contact them.Wafa Benaziza, who also uses the name Letitia, is aged 14, 5ft 7ins tall, and is of slim build. She has long dark hair, a Middle Eastern appearance, with a London accent. She was last seen wearing a black and white pencil...

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March 4, 2015, 5:05 am

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An electrician who was stabbed by his ex-girlfriend with a vegetable knife after an argument over a McDonald's meal has left Essex, the Chronicle can reveal.Jayson Broad has sold his Burnell Gate home, in Beaulieu Park, Chelmsford, where he was stabbed by 22-year-old Naomi Chanovre, for Suffolk.When Chanovre was sentenced to a hospital order at a Chelmsford Crown Court hearing on Friday, February 27, prosecutor Gerard Renouf said Mr Broad had been emotionally scarred by the attack.Mr Renouf...

Essex M25 closed following serious accident

March 4, 2015, 7:12 am

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A serious accident on the M25 in Essex has closed the motorway between junctions 25 and 26, clockwise.The multi-vehicle crash, which involved an HGV lorry, happened around 2.40pm today, and no one is thought to be seriously injured.There is currently heavy traffic and long queues along the section of motorway, and police and ambulance crews are at the scene.Diversions are in place along the A10, A406 and M11.

Flames rip through car in quiet Beehive Lane, Chelmsford

March 4, 2015, 7:42 am

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Flames licked and ripped through a small car on a residential road in Chelmsford this afternoon.Firefighters were called at 12.20pm to Beehive Lane, near Moulsham Lodge and Galleywood, today (Wednesday, March 4).Retired taxi driver David Hamilton, 69, took this picture of what he said was the Alfa Romeo, while driving past on his way from his daughter's home back to Maldon.Mr Hamilton, who said the fire appeared to start in the engine compartment, said: "I was driving down to go home when I...

Crash shuts Springfield Road in Chelmsford

March 5, 2015, 12:25 am

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A crash has shut a busy part of Springfield Road in Chelmsford.The road is closed heading towards the A12 and the B&Q roundabout, close to the bridge at Pump Lane.Several emergency services are at the scene, including unmarked police cars.The air ambulance has landed.Witnesses say they paramedics are treating a male patient.It is believed at least two cars were involved in the crash.Long delays are quickly building up on all approaches to the scene.More to follow.

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March 5, 2015, 1:12 am

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A man is in a serious condition after being hit by a car in Springfield Road.The man, who is believed to be in his 40s or 50s, was hit by a silver Vauxhall Corsa shortly after 8am.It is thought there was a male driver in the Corsa at the time of the collision. The pedestrian has been airlifted to the Royal London Hospital with serious injuries.The crash happened close to the junction with Pump Lane, on the side of the road leading towards the Colchester-bound A12.An air ambulance has landed on...

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Springfield Road crash eyewitness: I thought he had made it but...

March 5, 2015, 1:32 am

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A MOTORIST who saw a pedestrian in Chelmsford get hit by a car this morning (March 5) "thought he was going to make it". Scaffolder Chris Miles, 51, from Chelmsford, was in the car behind the one that struck the man near where Springfield Road meets Pump Lane at 8.05am. He said: "I was in the car behind the car that hit him. I'm surprised he crossed, but he went. I thought he had made it but the car hit him, it wasn't going fast, but he never made it. He just flew up in the...

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March 5, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A GRIEVING wife who was killed in a head-on crash just weeks after her husband's death had not been sleeping properly, an inquest heard.Petal Hawkins, 79, a former editorial secretary for the Essex Chronicle, died at the accident scene on the A414 in Writtle on July 1, last year, after the Kia Picanto she was driving drifted into a lane of oncoming traffic and hit a blue Ford Focus.Essex Coroner's Court heard the mother-of-two had been suffering from a lack of sleep since the death of her...

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March 7, 2015, 10:00 pm

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"I REMEMBER flying through the sky but everything else I only remember in small flashes."This is how William Mountford recalls the moment he was propelled from his motorbike, after two birds flew into his helmet.The 19-year-old was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in a critical condition, suffering from internal bleeding and having snapped his leg in half, following the crash in Chelmsford on August 28, 2013. Now Sharon Wassell, whose daughter Hannah is friends with...

Car crashes into Widford Bridge leaving four passengers injured

March 9, 2015, 5:40 am

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FOUR people were left with minor injuries after a Vauxhall Corsa crashed into Widford Bridge on Friday night.All of them were passengers in the car and had minor injuries two patients were taken to Broomfield Hospital for further treatment with two treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics.Police were called to Three Mile Hill on the A414 shortly before 8.30pm on Friday March 6 following reports of the collision.Officers went to the scene to find that a black vehicle had crashed into Widford...

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March 9, 2015, 10:23 am

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A former beauty queen who will "go down in folklore" could have been going at 120 miles per hour when she crashed into a bridge and died, her inquest heard.Bonnie Hiller, who was crowned Miss Colchester and Miss East Anglia in 2009, died instantly when she lost control of her grey Mercedes and collided with three pillars on the London Road underpass near the A12 in Kelvedon last year.At Essex Coroner's Court in Chelmsford on Monday, PC Duncan Thurlwell estimated she was travelling at...

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March 9, 2015, 11:59 pm

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ALL Trains between Southend and London Liverpool Street have been cancelled after a huge fire near to the Fair Glen interchange where the A130 meets the A127.Firefighters are still battling the blaze, which started in a pile of tyres, and has shut the A130 and parts of the A127.Divisional Officer Gary Jeffrey, Incident Commander, said: "It is a large pile of tyres which have been tightly bound together at a waste storage site. Because the tyres are so densely packed and tightly bound it is...

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March 10, 2015, 5:45 am

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The father of beauty queen and crash victim Bonnie Hiller has called her aunt a "disgrace" for using her death to explain stealing numerous poppy tins.Roma Taylor, 51, of Cedar Avenue, Tiptree, stole 17 poppy tins along with accomplice Anthony Archer across October and November last year to help feed her £100-a-day heroin habit and allegedly pay off infamous south Essex gang "The Bush Boys".When it came to her barrister defending her in court, Frank O'Toole said Taylor...

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Tyre fire could disrupt Greater Anglia rush hour Wickford to...

March 10, 2015, 6:34 am

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Disruption to the Greater Anglia railway line between Wickford and Southend Victoria is expected to continue into rush hour due to an ongoing tyre fire.For dramatic pictures from the scene click here.A blaze broke out near the Fair Glen interchange in Rayleigh, at the A130 and A127 junction, last night, causing smoke to billow over the line.A Greater Anglia spokesman said the line would be closed until midday today, but Network Rail is yet to inspect for any infrastructure damage caused to...

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March 11, 2015, 2:39 am

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EMERGENCY fire service control operators in Essex are in the midst of an eight-day strike action due to a new shift system.Control operators walked out at 7am on Tuesday and are not expected to return until 7am next Wednesday in protest against shift changes that "disproportionately affect women with young families".A statement released by the Essex County Fire & Rescue Service said: "Essex will once again have strong contingency arrangements in place to protect the county and...

Chelmsford man loses an eye in mysterious circumstances after...

March 11, 2015, 9:00 am

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MYSTERY surrounds how a man was found in the city centre having lost his eye following a visit to a strip club.The 29-year-old man, who did not want to be named, was found in Railway Street, Chelmsford, on Sunday, February 22, at around 3.40am, and taken to hospital with what police described as "life-changing" injuries.He told police he had left The Cave in Viaduct Road at around 2am, but boss Joe Ferrari says staff have no recollection of seeing him, while their CCTV did not ...

Two people cut free from three-car crash in Chelmsford

March 12, 2015, 7:25 am

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Two people had to be cut free from the wreckage of a three-car crash this morning.The collision happened at around 10.49am on the A414, Ongar Road, in Chelmsford.Two fire crews from Chelmsford were called to the scene.Firefighters and paramedics from the ambulance service worked to release the casualties.The two people trapped by their injuries after the crash were freed by 11:21am.

Women narrowly escapes being impaled on fence post after car...

March 12, 2015, 8:46 am

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A woman had a lucky escape after a crash in which her car rolled over onto its side and she was nearly impaled on a fence post.The accident happened at 7.43am this morning in Halstead Road, Sible Hedingham, and two fire crews from Halstead rushed to the scene.A fence post crashed through the driver's side window of the black Citroen Picasso.The incident commander reported that the crash involved one vehicle, which had rolled onto its side, and one woman was trapped.Crews used cutting equipment...