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Bicknacre junction blocked in both directions after lorry...
A road in Bicknacre is blocked in both directions after an accident involving a lorry and a fallen tree this morning (September 4).The blockage, at the junction of Peartree Lane and White Elm Road, was...
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Woman 'almost crushed' as scaffolding collapses in Braintree High...
A woman was almost crushed and two men reportedly injured as scaffolding in Braintree High Street collapsed today.The scaffolding platform was holding two men when it fell over shortly before 11.30am...
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John Ray Infant School rises from the ashes after being destroyed...
AN INFANT school that was destroyed by a fire two years ago has finally opened its doors to a new multi-million pound, state-of-the-art building.John Ray Infant School was gutted by a blaze that burnt...
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BREAKING: Boat on fire in Heybridge Basin
A BOAT has caught fire in Heybridge Basin this evening (September 10).The 30m vessel, which is on the mud with the tide out, is 70 per cent alight, according to Essex County Fire & Rescue.Two crews...
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Mum of Baddow Hall School student fears men in white Mercedes...
A PRIMARY school pupil walking to the park with their mum was approached by four men in a Mercedes with blacked-out windows and told 'get into the car'.The child, a student at Baddow Hall School, was...
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Five back to school illnesses your child could pick up from the...
As your children go back to school, the likelihood of them catching common illnesses is likely to rise. With the number of germ contaminated surfaces and contact with other infectious children the risk...
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Police hunt for fake council worker checking drains for cash
Police are on the hunt for a man pretending to be from the council and checking drains for cash. Essex Police have released an efit image of a man they want to trace in connection with an attempt to...
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Police search for three men in connection with Braintree burglary
Police investigating a burglary in Cressing, near Braintree, are releasing CCTV images of three men they want to trace. A house in Braintree Road, Tye Green, was broken in to between 3.30am and 5.30am...
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Five-figure sum stolen in Lakeside bank job
Police are appealing for witnesses after burglary at Santander bank at intu Lakeside which happened overnight. We were contacted just after 8.30am this morning with reports the branch at the Thurrock...
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Four car crash blocking Beehive Lane both ways
A four car crash has blocked Beehive Lane in both directions. One of the cars has overturned onto its roof near the junction of Stock Road. The road remains closed and will do so until the accident has...
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Pregnant mother in Chelmsford three-car crash as driver suffers...
A driver has suffered a head injury after a three-car crash in Chelmsford this afternoon. The three-car crash happened at around 3.15pm today after a Nissan Micra crashed into the back of a silver...
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service recognises community heroes...
THE Essex County Fire and Rescue Service celebrated the work undertaken by those going above and beyond at an awards ceremony.The Community Awards celebrated the achievements of officers, volunteers...
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Police trace two men after victim left unconscious and with a...
Police investigating the assault of two men in Chelmsford High Street are releasing CCTV images of two men they need to trace. Just after 3.35am on Saturday, August 29, two men were assaulted by a...
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Student threatened with knife before being punched and kicked for...
Police investigating two knifepoint robberies in Colchester which happened in August are appealing for witnesses. Both happened on August 26. The first happened between 3.50pm and 4.50pm in Walsingham...
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Two men charged after gunshots heard in street
Two men have been charged in connection with a disturbance in Alton Gardens, Southend, which happened on July 1. Richard Piper, 25, of Carolines Close, Southend, and Aaron Piper, 18, of Delaware...
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Factory worker moments away from death after False Widow spider...
A factory worker was seconds away from death following a bite from a False Widow spider – just two weeks after getting an arachnid tatt. Courtney Mates noticed the eight-legged fiend in her home in...
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Senior firefighter Mark Wilson pleads not guilty to five counts...
A senior fireman has denied indecently touching new recruits while in charge of training.Mark Wilson, 51, pleaded not guilty to five counts of indecent assault allegedly committed while he was in...
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Firefighters rushed to extinguish two house fires in Braintree in...
Two fire crews from Braintree were rushed to put out a blaze in a house in Shakespeare Close yesterday afternoon (September 14.The terraced house was heavily smoke logged when firefighters arrived at...
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Female chef, 22, took her own life behind Jack's Centre in...
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman whose case file "made for very sad reading" took her own life after taking a cocktail of anti-depressants, alcohol and cocaine, an inquest heard.Sadiane Roach, known as Shard, was...
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Woman in critical condition after Burnham Road two-car crash in...
A woman is in a critical condition after a two-car collision in Woodham Mortimer. Police are at the scene of the crash in Burnham Road that happened at around 3.28pm this afternoon. Essex Police were...
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