Extra ambulance staff deployed in Essex during New Year's Eve
East of England Ambulance Service staff and volunteers dealt with more than 1,600 emergency calls during a busy New Year's Eve shift.Between 7pm on New Year's Eve and 5am on New Year's Day, the Trust...
View ArticleHouse in Westcliff severely damaged by fire after 'reports of...
Firefighters spent this morning (January 3) tackling a large fire at a house in Westcliff amid fears it could spread to neighbouring properties.The blaze, at the three storey detached house in Kings...
View ArticleBoxing Day arson attack causes £5,000 damage to Chelmsford...
A Boxing Day arson attack on a mediation shop in Chelmsford caused £5,000 worth of damage.Detectives have today issued a description of a suspect they want to trace, following the incident at...
View ArticleDo you recognise distinctive jewellery stolen during Chelmsford...
Detectives are looking to trace these distinctive items of jewellery, which was stolen from a house in Chelmsford during the week before Christmas.Officers have this afternoon released these images, in...
View ArticleLate night Braintree assault near The Bull pub sees man punched...
A young man was punched in the face during an assault in Braintree during the early hours of Sunday.The 24-year-old, who lives in the Braintree area, was attacked at around 3am in Market Place, near...
View ArticleMarket Road in Maldon closed after pedestrian hit by car
A pedestrian has been hit by a car in Market Road, Maldon, causing the road to be closed while emergency services attend the scene.The air ambulance and ambulance were called to the incident, which...
View ArticlePolice officers search green in Moulsham Lodge after teenager...
AREAS of Moulsham Lodge is Chelmsford remain cordoned off this afternoon as the investigation into the stabbing of a 17-year-old continues.Essex Police were called at 5.45pm to an alleyway between...
View ArticlePolice hunt sports car driver that left scene of A12 crash
Police are looking for the driver of a sports car that collided with a Land Rover on the A12, then sped off leaving the 4x4 on its roof.The crash happened on the southbound carriageway at J26 of the...
View ArticleNearly 80% of accidents in early morning caused by "drunk...
NEARLY 80 per cent of collisions between 2am and 3am are caused by drunk pedestrians, according to Essex County Council.The figures come as a new campaign, aimed at reducing adult pedestrian road...
View ArticleA120 closed after multi-vehicle collision
The A120 eastbound carriageway is closed in Braintree this morning after a collision involving four cars.The carriageway is shut eastbound between the A131 and B1018 as a result of the collision. Nine...
View ArticleSouth Woodham Ferrers Marsh Farm fire 'could be arson'
A FIRE at a farm adventure park that saw workers rescue animals from the blaze could have been arson, say police.South Woodham Ferrers' Marsh Farm had been closed for several hours on Saturday (January...
View ArticleFirefighters put out fire then help crash casualty in same Witham...
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a house fire then helped an injured man after a road crash in the same street in Witham.The crew had just finished dealing with a groundfloor blaze in a house in Hatfield Road when...
View ArticleMet Office: Yellow warning as band of rain, sleet and snow to hit...
Winter will set in this weekend, with a band of rain, sleet and snow due to spread east across Essex in the early hours of tomorrow morning (January 17). The 'yellow warning' for snow and ice means...
View ArticlePedestrian in her 90s dies after East Hill bus crash in...
A pedestrian in her 90s has died following a collision involving a bus.Officers were called to East Hill shortly before 5pm tonight, Friday, January 16, following reports of the collision involving a...
View ArticleUpdate: M25 collision victims in stable condition
AN investigation is still under way into the fatal road collision in which a pensioner died and his son was seriously injured. Four lorries and six cars were involved in the crash, which occurred at...
View ArticleFour hurt as bus crashes into block of Braintree flats
FOUR people were hurt when a bus collided with a car before ploughing into a block of flats.Hazel Stonehouse, 71, who lives in a ground floor flat in St Michael's Court, Braintree, was at home on...
View ArticleTwo hurt following road traffic accident in Burnham
Police are appealing for information following a traffic collision in Burnham on Crouch. Officers were called to the scene after two cars, a silver Ford Focus and a grey VW Polo, were involved in a...
View ArticleRenewed police appeal after fatal road crash on Bromley Road,...
POLICE are renewing their appeal for information following a road crash in Colchester which claimed the life of an elderly cyclist. The accident happened when a blue Ford KA and the cyclist struck each...
View ArticleElderly woman rescued by milkman after speaking through letterbox
A MILKMAN came to the rescue of a pensioner after she tripped and fell on to her kitchen floor and was left stranded for more than three hours.Mark Perry was on his regular Monday milk round in Great...
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