Transport and Logistics Network
A Romford[1] man admitted to stealing more than £2,000 worth of food and alcohol from shops over 21 incidents in Brentwood[2]. Between July 2022 and May 2023, incidents of shoplifting took place at various shops in the area.
The total value of goods st…
As we continue through the summer of 2023, we have once again seen a huge number of people come through our justice system. We’ve seen a vile sex abuser who left his victim “petrified” to go to the police and a careless criminal who was arrested after …
The north and south divide doesn’t just apply to the UK as a whole – it applies to Essex too. The most northern and southern areas of Essex are just shy of 50 miles apart.
Driving from Canvey Island in the south to the village of Hadstock in the north,…
Almost half of those choosing Essex’s most oversubscribed non-selective secondary school as a first preference failed to get a place, figures have revealed. As many as 45.8 per cent of first-choice applicants for the De La Salle School in Basildon were…
A male pedestrian has been injured following a hit-and-run crash. The incident happened in Brentwood High Street outside the Bloc 40 nightclub, with emergency services called to the scene at around 3.30am.
A man was found injured after a car drove at h…
Every year we sadly see a number of deaths on our roads, and Essex is tragically no exception. There can be a variety of different causes, but we often find ourselves reporting on a fatal crash on one of our roads every month.
In 2023, there have been …
The family of an Essex woman missing for a week have issued an urgent appeal to find her – saying they ‘very much need you in our lives’. Katherine Corrigan, from the Broomfield area of Chelmsford, was last seen on Saturday, July 22.
The 27-year-old al…
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Friday 21st July 2023 15:00 BST
A lorry driver who was “vulnerable to falling asleep” on familiar roads has been jailed for seven years for killing an off-duty police officer in a crash.
Robert Harrison, 38, slept between five and six …
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A lorry driver who caused a collision which killed a serving Essex Police officer has been jailed.
PC Tris Baker was off duty when the car he was driving was struck …
Two airports, a port, hundreds of miles of roads and a vast train network which covers all corners of East Anglia. It’s fair to say that Essex has a pretty comprehensive transport system.
With London Underground stations in Brentwood, Epping, Shenfield…