A teenager who died following an incident in an Essex flat block has been named for the first time. The inquest into the death of Ashton Rowbotham opened this morning (October 17) at Essex Coroners’ Court in Chelmsford.
The 19-year-old was found injure…
An Essex NHS trust has been rated as requiring improvement following the publication of an annual Care Quality Commission (CQC) survey. The Adult Inpatient Survey allows patients to honestly review care they have received through spending at least one …
Police are appealing for help to find an Essex teenager who has been missing for almost three months. Officers are concerned for the welfare of Ronnie Mac-Grant, who is from Grays[1].
The 16-year-old is believed to be in the Thurrock area. He is around…
Fewer than half of applications for an ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) grace period have been approved so far according to data held by Transport for London (TfL). The measure is designed to lessen the impact of the £12.50 daily fee for people travellin…
Two teenagers who were riding e-scooters have been hospitalised after a crash with a bus near an Essex train station. The incident happened on the Station Approach, near Grays Train Station, with reports coming in at 5.04pm.
Essex Police and East of En…
POLICE rescued eight unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from a lorry it has been revealed.
The children were discovered in June almost four years after 39 people died in the back of a lorry in Grays. They were taken into care by Thurrock Council.
A…
The children were discovered in a lorry in June in Thurrock – almost four years after a people-smuggling tragedy saw 39 bodies found in the back of a lorry[1] in Grays.
They were all taken into care by Thurrock Council, it has now been revealed after t…
Protesters descended on Whitehall on Tuesday to demand that the expansion of Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) be scrapped. Dozens of campaigners waved placards with messages such as “stop the toxic air lie”, and mocked-up car registrati…
Summer is in full swing, and with the August Bank Holiday approaching, Network Rail[1] has released travel advice for those wanting to travel on the Anglia network.
Most of the network will be open over the long weekend, allowing passings in the Anglia…
A local council covering parts of Essex say they want to “push forward” with plans for a tram network to boost the borough’s infrastructure and economy. It comes ahead of the expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) across Greater London later t…
An Essex dry cleaners has suffered significant damage after a fire swept through it. Fire crews rushed to the Stanway estate in Colchester[1] late on Tuesday (August 15) following reports of a fire.
Crews from Colchester and Grays attended the scene on…
A robber stole £1,300 worth of goods from a single Essex store and threatened staff who were left feeling “helpless”, with one still unable to return to work. Billy Bugby, 32, of Longbridge Road, Barking, admitted the robbery of the Co-Op store in Stan…
Among those handed hefty prison sentences in June include a man who killed an off-duty police officer in a horror crash caused when he “dozed off” at the wheel.
And the leaders of a six person drug line have been locked up after a police investigation …
Among those handed hefty prison sentences in June include a man who killed an off-duty police officer in a horror crash caused when he “dozed off” at the wheel.
And the leaders of a six person drug line have been locked up after a police investigation …