Appendicitis sufferer blames "weekend effect" after he...
A CHEF who nearly died when his appendix burst and became infected blames "the weekend effect" after being sent home from A&E days earlier with a suspected chest infection.Sener Kose claims his...
View ArticleLorry driver arrested after serious collision shuts M25 near...
Police have closed the M25 between junctions 30 and 31 following a serious road traffic collision shortly before 6am today. A lorry and a motorbike have been in collision close to junction 30 and...
View ArticleThree-vehicle crash closes part of the A12 near Galleywood with...
One lane of the A12 heading northbound at Chelmsford was closed after a suspected three-vehicle crash this afternoon (September 18). Queues tailed all the way back to Three Mile Hill from the incident,...
View ArticleThree motorists rushed to Broomfield Hospital after horrendous...
A motorist who needed to be cut free from their car by emergency services after a six-vehicle smash on the A120 yesterday evening (September 18) was rushed to Broomfield Hospital with two others.The...
View ArticleBREAKING: Police launch manhunt to find missing Basildon man Neil...
Police have launched a countywide manhunt for a 44-year-old missing Basildon man, Neil Mattey.Neil was last seen at around 10am on Thursday, September 17 when he left his home in a grey Citroen Xsara,...
View ArticleFour fire engines rush to rescue man stuck in mud 25 metres from...
Firefighters battled to rescue a man in his 60s who had become stuck in mud around 25 metres from the sea wall in Tollesbury.Two crews from Colchester, one from Tollesbury and another from Dovercourt...
View ArticleResidents fight closure of bus route to Broomfield Hospital
A BUS route connecting Springfield to Broomfield Hospital will be axed at the end of next month because it is not "commercially viable".Operated by First Bus, the 47 runs every 30 minutes from 6.05am...
View ArticleDriver taken to hospital after two-vehicle crash in Braintree
A driver was taken to hospital after a crash between a car and a lorry in Braintree last night. Firefighters were called to the collision on the B1018 near Cressing, Braintree, after a collision...
View ArticleWoman trapped in her vehicle after two-car crash in Woodham...
Two people were taken to hospital after a two-car crash in Woodham Mortimer yesterday. The crash in Chelmsford Road, was at around 2.30pm yesterday afternoon (Monday, September 22). Two fire crews from...
View ArticleEssex Police's gun control delays are attacked by watchdog
ESSEX Police gun control has been labelled "flawed" and "unacceptable" in a damning report.Police watchdog Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) criticised Essex Police for some of the...
View ArticleEssex Fire Service issues house fire warning as autumn officially...
Essex Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning to residents about the dangers of house fires caused by candles, heaters and electric blankets, turned on with the start of the cold weather.As autumn...
View ArticleThirty injured after freak East Mersea crash involving bus, HGV...
At least 30 people are injured after a freak crash involving a single decker bus and an HGV involving a steam traction engine.The stream traction engine is believed to have fallen from the lorry and...
View ArticleSpringfield Road fatal collision: parents pay tribute to...
THE parents of a Chelmsford man who died crossing a road have paid tribute to their "wonderful son" after the inquest into his death today (September 23) recorded a verdict of accidental death.John...
View ArticleThree teenage girls and one man left with injuries after...
Three teenage girls and a man were assaulted during a "disturbance" in Witham. The incident was opposite the Gulf petrol station in Braintree Road at about 3.30pm on Tuesday, September 15. A...
View ArticleMoulsham Street road crash leaves two injured and throws rush...
Chelmsford traffic was thrown in chaos yesterday after Moulsham Street was closed following a serious crash.The crash, thought to involve a motorbike, left two people with serious injuries.A spokesman...
View ArticleHelp find Ronald Mundy, 65, from South Woodham Ferrers missing...
Concern is growing for a 65-year-old from South Woodham Ferrers who was due to go on holiday with a friend on Friday but never made contact.Ronald Mundy, who was last seen on August 8 had told friends...
View ArticleMoulsham Street crash leaves aged in her 50s with head and arm...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash in Moulsham Street which left a woman aged in her 50 with a cut to her head and an arm injury.Shortly before 4.45pm on Friday a silver Volkswagen Polo and...
View ArticleHundreds of tonnes of bailed straw destroyed in Chelmsford barn...
Firefighters have tackled a fire in a barn containing hundreds of tonnes of bailed straw.About ten per cent of the straw in the barn measuring 50 metres by 10 metres in Cooksmill Green, Chelmsford was...
View ArticleTeenager arrested after double shooting and stabbing
Police are appealing for information after they were called at 11.23am on Sunday September 27 with reports a man had been seen with a firearm in Meadow Lane, Runwell. While officers were at the scene...
View ArticleEssex 999 calls are being answered quicker than ever before, says...
Emergency 999 calls for ambulances are now being answered nearly 20 seconds quicker than they were a year ago, after an overhaul of communication systems.The latest Government figures for the time...
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