CAUGHT ON CAMERA A roundup of Essex Polices CCTV appeals from
Every week, Essex Police deal with a huge number of cases, and often they need the help of the general public to track down culprits.Here, we compile all of the most recent CCTV appeals released by the...
View ArticleChelmsfords Moulsham High School leavers paint city with colour
A HOST of colourful superheroes, pop stars, movie icons and fairy tale characters could be seen parading down Princes Road on Thursday, May 26.The merry band of 17 and 18-year-olds donned fancy dress...
View ArticleWitham man dies from cardiac arrest after air ambulance and
A man in his 60s suffered a fatal cardiac arrest when the air ambulance and paramedics were scrambled to an address in Witham, the ambulance service has confirmed.Two ambulance crews, a rapid response...
View ArticleMan walks away unharmed from A12 lorry smash which closed Essex
A man who's car was flipped over in a smash with a lorry which closed the A12 and caused miles of tailbacks miraculously walked away unharmed.Police and ambulances were called to the scene of the...
View ArticleBraintree woman jailed after stealing 105000 from
A woman has been sentenced to five years in jail for stealing £105,000 from a vulnerable 69-year-old lady. Roseanne Oakley, aged 41, of Woodland Way, Ipswich, had befriended the woman, who had...
View ArticleEight miles of queues on A12 near M25 junction after accident
Both lanes of the A12 are blocked, with eight miles of queues developing after an accident involving a lorry and an overturned car. Police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene, in between junctions...
View ArticleREMINDER No Greater Anglia trains between London and Chelmsford
Rail replacement buses will be in operation for the remainder of the Bank Holiday weekend, with engineering works stopping any trains from running between London Liverpool Street and...
View ArticleAir ambulance and paramedics called to suspected cardiac arrest
The emergency services were called to Witham to attend a suspected cardiac arrest, the Chronicle understands, after an air ambulance was spotted in a nearby park.The helicopter was spotted flying over...
View ArticleBREAKING Air ambulance lands in park in Witham as paramedics
The air ambulance has landed in a park in Witham to attend an incident. The helicopter was spotted flying over an area of the town before touching down on a field off Flora Road shortly before 5pm...
View ArticleEssex man stunned after Virgin engineer digs up his garden
An innocent enquiry about cable TV ended in a nightmare when a sales manager returned home to find his garden dug up by engineers – even though he never signed up. For the past three weeks Nigel...
View ArticleThe latest mobile speed camera locations in Essex May 2016
Here is the list of latest mobile speed camera locations in Essex, as uploaded to speedcamerasuk.com by members of the public.All locations correct on website as of May 28, 2016.The...
View ArticleBraintree lawyers claim changes to medical negligence payouts
Lawyers battling to help people with small injury claims in the face of changes proposed by the government have taken their argument to Braintree MP James Cleverly.Partners from Holmes & Hills...
View ArticleEssex money launderer and friend sentenced after being caught
An Essex man and his accomplice have been sentenced for laundering money after they were caught with cash totalling £166,000, in an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).James Meekings, of...
View ArticlePICTURED Leavers wave goodbye to Ingatestones Anglo European
It is not every day students can dress as The Flintstones, Snow White, Alice or the Mad Hatter for the classroom. But it is not every day they get to leave school. To celebrate this momentous occasion,...
View ArticleHow Chelmsfords very own London Underground tube system could
Chelmsford is a city on the up, and while John Lewis, Wagamama and a whole lot more might be on the way, one thing we have never had is our own tube system, linking together all four corners of the...
View ArticleWho has been in court lately from Chelmsford Maldon Braintree
The following criminal cases were heard at Essex magistrates' courts between April 21-27.Sent to prisonJAMES GERREY, 47, of no fixed address, was sent to prison for 26 weeks. He was given two 16 week...
View ArticleRain could hold off for most of Bank Holiday Monday according to
Good news for all of you enjoying your three day weekend: the bad weather that was predicted by forecasters for Bank Holiday Monday (30 May) is more likely to hit later today than first expected. Essex...
View ArticleWhy have legal highs been banned and what are the consequences of
The production, distribution, sale and supply of legal highs is now an offence that is punishable by up to seven years in prison, after the Psychoactive Substances Act was brought into effect on 26...
View ArticleJob hunters qualify for John Lewis Chelmsford store assessment
A GROUP of "sheepish" job hunters celebrated being transformed from "lambs into lions" ahead of potentially winning a job at Chelmsford's new John Lewis store.More than 100 students of mixed abilities...
View ArticleAmericans in Braintree museum looking for wartime memories of
Braintree District Museum has teamed up with an American university to find out more about the thousands of United States servicemen and women posted to the town and surrounding areas during the Second...
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