Chelmsford rugby clubhouse almost destroyed by gas tank blast
A GAS explosion blasted windows and doors off Chelmsford Rugby Club on Saturday, injuring three and forcing the evacuation of 40...
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Chef crawls through remains of Chelmsford Rugby Club kitchen...
A WOUNDED and scorched chef crawled through the rubble of Chelmsford Rugby Club's kitchen on Saturday following a gas explosion.
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Multiple vehicle pile-up closes M25
THE M25 clockwise carriageway has been closed near Lakeside following an crash involving three HGVs and five other vehicles. Firefighters are working to release three people trapped following the crash...
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Chelmsford Rugby Club gas blast caused more than £100,000...
A GAS explosion at Chelmsford Rugby Club last week caused more than £100,000 worth of damage.
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Man has ear bitten off in Brentwood street attack
A BRENTWOOD man had a chunk of his ear brutally bitten off in a fight that broke out near Eclipse nightclub.The 19-year-old is believed to have lost the top third of an ear in a brawl involving several...
View ArticleMan treated following Ongar trailer fire
A MAN was given oxygen by firefighters called to a blaze in a trailer in Stanford Rivers this morning.Two Brentwood crews were called to Hop Gardens in School Road at about 10.15am and took 45 minutes...
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Update: 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...
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Family releases statement following Brentwood fatal car crash
The family of a woman who died in a road crash in Coxtie Green Road, Brentwood, have issued a statement and details of her funeral. Trudy Stripe died following a road traffic collision in Coxtie Green...
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Lorry driver charged over fatal Aveley M25 collision
A GERMAN lorry driver has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a 10-vehicle crash on the M25 in Essex. Anton Maizen, 58, from Darmstadt, Germany, was arrested following the...
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Tumble dryer fire in Little Waltham golf club
A BLAZING tumble dryer filled Regiment Way Golf Club with smoke in the early hours of this morning.Two firefighter crews were called at 1.48am to the Pratts Farm Lane site near Chelmsford.They wore...
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Lorry driver held in custody after M25 death crash
A lorry driver appeared in court today charged in connection with the death of a motorist on the M25.Anton Maizen, 58, from Wixhausen in Germany, appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court charged with...
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Vehicle catches fire and another plunges into ditch in Braintree...
A vehicle sped into a ditch and another burst into flames after they crashed on a country road near Braintree last night.Following the collision on Witham Road in Cressing, at about 10.51pm, three...
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Fire rips through cars to garage
AN investigation has been launched after a blaze in two cars spread to the garage of a detached four-bedroom home in Chelmsford.Four fire engines went to the house in Church Green, Roxwell, in the...
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Woman injured in High Street fall
AN 84-year-old woman was injured this afternoon as she tripped and fell in Brentwood High Street. The incident, which happened outside Heart of Gold jewellers and clothing shop CC, is believed to have...
View ArticleCyclist killed following collision with car in Colchester
A CYCLIST was killed following a collision with a car in Colchester yesterday afternoon.The 73-year-old man from Colchester died at the scene after colliding with a blue Ford KA at the Bromley Road...
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Inquests of Pc Ian Dibell and Peter Reeve set to take place
The inquests of Pc Ian Dibell and his alleged killer Peter Reeve are taking place today. The 41-year-old was gunned down in Clacton on July 9 last year after intervening in a neighbourhood dispute. His...
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Man bailed after dead body discovered in Highwoods
A man arrested in connection with the discovery of a dead body in Colchester on Saturday has been released on bail.The victim, in his late 40s,was found in Tynedale Square in Highwoods at around...
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Appeal after Croydon man robbed in Wickford
A MAN who was robbed by two men in Wickford believed he was set up via an internet site that connects Blackberry Messenger users. The victim, from Croydon, was contacted by a woman via the BBPins.com...
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Flat and shed seriously damaged in Romford fire
Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers were called to fire at a house on Braithewaite Avenue in Romford. The fire yesterday, Monday, damaged part of the ground floor and flat roof. The...
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Colchester house fire is treated as arson
An investigation is under way into a suspected arson attack at a house near Colchester yesterday. Police were contacted by Essex County Fire and Rescue officers at 4pm following reports of a house fire...
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