Chelmsford man fatally struck by train was suffering from...
A Chelmsford man who died after he was hit by a train at Shenfield railway station left a moving note to his parents, an inquest has heard. Gordon Morrison, who lived in Chelmsford, was struck by a...
View ArticleSchoolgirl, 5, flown to hospital after being hit by a car in...
A SCHOOLGIRL has been flown to hospital after being hit by a car whilst crossing Ferrers Road on her pink scooter this morning.The five-year-old was with her father on her way to school when the...
View ArticleFatal A414 Maldon crash victim named
Police have identified the victim of a fatal head-on crash on the A414 in Maldon last night (October 9) as 67-year-old Michael Post.Mr Post was travelling in a blue BMW 320 with a woman when it was in...
View ArticleBraintree high street closed following town centre attack
Three men from Braintree have been taken to hospital with head and facial injuries after being assaulted in the high street which has been closed while police carry out investigationsOne of the men, a...
View ArticleWet weather in Essex prompts police flood warning - see what to...
Drivers have been urged to beware of flooding and surface water affecting many roads today (October 13) following heavy rain across Essex.Emergency services are dealing with a number of fallen trees...
View Article' We're not getting paid what we're due': NHS staff stage walkout...
More than two dozen NHS workers at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford joined thousands up and down the country in walking out this morning in a row with the Government over pay. Midwives, nurses and...
View ArticleMore than 200,000 booze related hospital admissions in Essex at a...
Alcohol misuse costs the Essex taypayer an average of £57 each in health and treatment costs, according to statistics released today.One fifth of adults in the county are also downing enough alcohol to...
View ArticleWanted man from Hertfordshire could be living in Braintree
Police are appealing for the public's help to trace a wanted man from Hertfordshire who could be living in Braintree.John James Patrick Macdonald, 25, is wanted for breaching a court order relating to...
View ArticleHow do I know if I have Ebola? US officials seek people who flew...
Screening for Ebola has now been stepped up, with travellers heading for Heathrow terminals It comes as a Texas nurse became the latest to be diagnosed with the deadly virus after falling ill with the...
View ArticleNeighbour saves pensioner and 12 evacuated in Corringham kitchen...
An 82-year-old woman escaped unharmed after a gas explosion in her kitchen blew out a wall and destroyed her conservatory.The pensioner, who was in another room at the time, was treated for shock...
View ArticleWoman, 53, found dead in Burnham-on-Crouch is identified
A woman found dead in a property in Burnham-on-Crouch has been named as 53-year-old Lindy Barker.An inquest into her death was opened at Essex Coroner's Court in Chelmsford today (October 16) .Police...
View ArticleOfficers who stopped human fireball on Essex petrol station...
A PAIR of officers who helped extinguish a man who had set himself on fire at an Essex petrol station have won a prestigious police bravery award. As the man soaked himself in flammable liquid and...
View ArticleMan, 25, dies and teenager injured after car collides with tree...
A man from Tollesbury has died after the car he was travelling in left the road and slammed into a tree this morning (October 19).Emergency services rushed to the scene in Woodrolfe Road at about...
View ArticleMan in his 20s seriously injured following crash in Wivenhoe
A driver was seriously injured when his car collided with a tree at Wivenhoe.Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash that took place yesterday (October 20) evening at Brightlingsea Road, near to...
View ArticleDriver dies after car slams into house in Southminster
A man has died after his car slammed into the front of a house, before careering into a tree in Southminster in the early hours of this morning (October 21).Police, ambulance and fire crews rushed to...
View ArticlePictured: Steeple Road re-opened after house damaged in fatal car...
These pictures show the extent of the damage to a house in St Lawrence after a car hit the front of it, killing the driver.A Peugeot 206 left Steeple Road at around 3am today (October 21) before...
View ArticleTributes paid to Tollesbury car collision victim Keiran Ansell
A man who was killed after his car collided with a tree in Tollesbury has been named.Keiran Ansell, 25, died after the silver Audi A3 he was travelling in left Woodrolfe Road and crashed at around...
View ArticlePolice called to Chelmsford railway station over concern for...
Police cars arrived outside Chelmsford railway station shortly before 7pm on Monday (October 20) in a bid to find a missing teenager with a history of mental health issues.Essex Police however stopped...
View ArticlePolice called to Duke Street and helicopter dispatched over...
Police were called to Duke Street in Chelmsford this afternoon over fears that a man might harm himself. The Essex Police helicopter was also called above the scene at around 2.45pm to help in the...
View ArticleThree ambulances called to Parkway, Chelmsford after man 'became...
Emergency services rushed to the city council car park in Parkway today in a bid to free a pensioner, who became trapped between two parked cars.The victim, in his 70s appeared to have encountered the...
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