Peter Smith wanted in connection with spate of Braintree charity
A man who is wanted in connection with a number of burglaries, including at charity shops, in Braintree is being searched for by police across the UK. Officers want to trace Peter Smith to speak about...
View ArticleWhat are the most popular baby names in Chelmsford Maldon and
The most popular baby names are in – and it seems that while celebrity baby names get odder and odder every year, most of the population are sticking with traditional names.Bounty.com, a popular...
View ArticleBREAKING Essex Police car on 999 call crashes into Renault
A POLICE car answering a 999 call crashed into another vehicle before ploughing into railings this afternoon (February 25).Large tailbacks are building up around the junction of Waterhouse Lane and...
View ArticleScenes of devastation after caravan burned to the ground in
MOTHERS sent children running to safety before battling with flames when a caravan blaze started inches from two family dwellings. Members of Sandy Acres caravan park worked with four hoses to douse...
View ArticleTrio jailed over elderly abuse and assault at Braintrees Old
Three women who admitted assaulting and harassing an elderly woman with dementia at a Braintree care home just days before their trial was due to start have been handed four months in prison.Anita Ray,...
View ArticleMan taken to hospital after cutting face at Chelmsford railway
A man was taken to hospital after self-harming at Chelmsford railway station this afternoon (Thursday, February 25).An East of England Ambulance Service crew along with British Transport Police...
View ArticleFirefighters saved woman trapped in car after Braintree lorry
A woman was trapped inside her car after a crash involving a lorry in Braintree this morning at about 10am this morning (February 25). One fire crew from Braintree and another from Halstead worked to...
View ArticleAir ambulance called to Chelmsford after baby becomes unwell
The air ambulance was called to the centre of Chelmsford this afternoon after a baby became unwell.Two ambulances and the air ambulance were called to Duke Street at 3.45pm and were on the scene within...
View ArticleWatch as Prince William flies air ambulance from Braintree crash
This is the moment Prince William flew an East Anglia Air Ambulance helicopter from a car crash incident in Braintree.In his emergency service work the heir to the throne landed in a field along...
View ArticleAppeal for witnesses after Essex Police car is involved in
Essex Police have appealed for witnesses following a crash involving a police car which caused traffic chaos in Chelmsford, and narrowly avoided injuring a pedestrian.It happened just before 2pm this...
View ArticleChelmsford motorcyclist who cheated death returns home eight
A FORMER Boswells School student who cheated death in a horror motorcycle accident is finally home after teaching himself to walk, talk, and eat again.Rhys Tinsley-Gale, 21, of Beaulieu Park,...
View ArticleCouple thanks Essex fire crews for saving their two French
THE owners of two puppies pulled from a burning building have paid tribute to the "brilliant" firefighters who saved their dogs' lives.Sarah Davis and her partner Connor Geach were out at work on...
View ArticleChelmsford City Council clean up team removes FOUR TONNES of
LESS than an hour after the last of the caravans rolled out of the Wharf Road site, members of Chelmsford City Council's street care team had arrived to begin a lengthy clean-up of FOUR TONNES of...
View ArticleSerious crash shuts Witham road
A serious crash has closed a road in Witham this morning.Freebournes Road is closed between the Colchester Road and Stepfield junctions. It is not yet known if anyone has been injured. More to follow...
View ArticleLoose horses on A414 in Chelmsford led to safety by schoolgirl
Horses that were on the road at Three Mile Hill in Chelmsford this morning have been led to safety – by a schoolgirl. Police were called at around 7.40am to the A414 to reports of a number of horses...
View ArticleMan from Chelmsford area dies after Witham car crash
A man from the Chelmsford area has died after the car he was in crashed into the back of a lorry in Witham.The crash, which saw a silver Audi A4 hit the back of a stationary trailer of a lorry,...
View ArticleGirl 12 hurt in hitandrun Chelmsford collision
A 12-year-old girl was hurt in a hit-and-run collision in Chelmsford.The incident happened in Springfield Road at around 4pm on Tuesday (February 23), close to the Pump Lane junction.Police say the...
View ArticleMan smashed car window with bat in alleged Chelmsford road rage
Police are looking for a man who allegedly smashed a car window with a wooden bat in a road rage incident in Chelmsford.Officers were flagged down by a driver in a blue Volkswagen Passat in Fox...
View ArticlePolice are trying to identify man in connection with betting shop
Police investigating an assault in Burnham-on-Crouch would like to identify the man in this photo.The incident happened in Ladbrokes, Station Road on Saturday December 12.At about 6.45pm, a man threw a...
View ArticleDunmow man Stephen Debley shot by Essex Police jailed after
A man who was the first to be shot in Essex for over three decades in an attempted 'death by cop' incident has been jailed for six years this afternoon.Stephen Debley, aged 48, of Knights Way, Dunmow,...
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