A man was ‘shot at close range’ after he was ‘ambushed’ as he stepped out of his car in Essex. Nathan Dale, 37, of Prospect Road in Barnet, and Jordan McKenzie-Pryce, 38, of Leverson Street in Norbury, Streatham, both pleaded not guilty of the attack o…
A major road in Chelmsford will be closed overnight on Saturday in order for a “key part” of the Beaulieu Park railway station development to be carried out. Parts of Parkway will be closed overnight on Saturday (November 11) whilst the work is carried…
Hundreds of people across Essex have backed a petition calling for an ‘immediate’ UK general election. A petition to Parliament has been signed by more than 180,000 people across the UK.
In Essex it has been signed by almost 4,000 people as of 10am on …
A lost Essex railway station closed more than 60 years ago – but confusion still reigns over the spelling of its name. Thorington was between Colchester[1] and Walton.
However the station – on what is now known as the Sunshine Coast Line and part of th…
A young person was seen ‘recklessly’ riding an e-scooter on the wrong side of the road in an Essex high street. Police officers discovered the youngster riding the e-scooter in Wickford High Street, in the direction of oncoming traffic.
Wickford Office…
Due to a vehicle hitting a railway bridge at Hockley all Greater Anglia lines are blocked.
Spa Road is partially blocked near Hockley station with slow traffic reported both ways after the incident.
Trains to Southend[2] have been cancelled by the tra…
Councillors have said they are “extremely disappointed” that a town market will have to find a new home away from the high street following a dispute over traffic regulations. Wickford Market has been operating on the pedestrianised high street each Sa…
The home of an elderly couple living in Ongar has been completely destroyed by a fire. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service were called to The Spinney in Ongar shortly before 5pm on Thursday (June 15).
When crews arrived, they reported the elderly resi…
Temporary classrooms described as being among the worst in Essex are set to be demolished as part of plans to expand a special needs school in Wickford. Essex County Council’s plans for Castledon School includes a new two storey teaching block consisti…