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Updated 23:05, 7 May 2026

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DAMGED DONE

Iraqi Asylum Seeker Admits Arson in Two Refugee Hotels, Claims No Intent to Harm Lives

SWIFT JUSTICE

Sex Predator Jailed After Posing as Masseuse Trainer to Attack Women

TRAGIC CRASH

Met Police Trainee Louie Day Dies by Suicide in 100mph Crash on Essex’s A414

TESCO EXTRA

Slumped Driver Who Hit Tesco Staff Member Banned for 50 Months After Refusing Drug Test

BIG SMASH

M25 Fully Closed Both Ways Near Brentwood After Two-Lorry Crash Sparks Power Cut and Chaos

COCAINE STASH

Father and Son Jailed After £100k Drug Empire Busted at Clacton Furniture Shop

MAULED TO DEATH

Essex Man Guilty Over Fatal XL Bully Dog Attack That Killed 68-Year-Old Woman

HORRIFIC ATTACK

Saffron Walden Attacker Danny Chandler Jailed for 6½ Years After Brutal Assault and False Imprisonment

Sex Fiend Daniel Odubanjo Jailed for Six Years After Shocking Train Toilet Attacks

PRION LOVERS

Chelmsford Prison Teacher Jailed for Secret Romance with Inmate in Abuse of Trust Scandal

DISGRACEFUL

Yemeni Asylum Seeker Admits Sexual Assault on Nurse and Public Urination Outrage in Chelmsford

TO CATCH A KILLER

Essex Murder Mystery: Historic 47-Day Landfill Hunt Revealed in Channel 4’s Catching A Killer

SERIOUS INCIDENT

Pilot’s Suicide Note Found After Beagle Plane Crashes into Essex’s Hanningfield Reservoir

AIRCRASH INVESIGATION

Small Plane Crashes into Hanningfield Reservoir: Emergency Services Launch Urgent Probe

JAIL PLOT

Five Jailed Over Fake Bail Plot to Bust Prisoners from Chelmsford Jail

SNAPCHAT GROOMER

Essex Groomer Tye Hunt Jailed Nearly 3 Years for Snapchat Child Sex Crimes Against Two Girls

MET TAKE OVER

Met Police Launch Massive Manhunt After Prison Blunder Lets Hadush Kebatu Escape From HMP Chelmsford

BELL PROTEST

Three Men Jailed Over Epping Hotel Riot After Migrant’s Shocking Sex Assault Sparks Violent Protests

Essex Paedophile Jailed for 3 Years After Police Find 600+ Child Abuse Images in Raid

BELL PROTEST

Asylum Seeker Jailed for Sex Attacks on Woman and Teen in Epping—Calls Grow to Deport Kebatu

IN COURT FOR A ROASTING

Enfield Man Charged with 33 Shoplifting Counts After £1,100 Meat Heist and Chocolate Theft

MET POLICE OFFICER KILLED

Tragic Crash Claims PC Louie Day’s Life on A414 – Family Mourns “Beautiful Soul”

FATAL CRASH

Man Dies in Solo Early Morning Crash Closing A414 Near King Street

LIFE CHANGING

A414 Closed Until Midday Following Serious Crash Between Chelmsford and Ongar – Police Urge Witnesses to Come Forward

PERMISSION TO APPEAL

Essex Hotel Owner Wins Court of Appeal Bid to Fight Asylum Seeker Ban Amid Growing Legal Battle

FATAL CRASH

Tributes Flow for 97-Year-Old Ex-Marconi Engineer Mike Gibson After Fatal Chelmsford Cycling Crash

ARRESTED FOR RIOTING

Epping Chaos: 23 Arrested, 12 Charged After Violent Bell Hotel Protests

WE ARE AWARE

Canary Wharf Protests Erupt as Britannia Hotel Confirmed for Asylum Seeker Housing

CHARGED

Two Men Charged After Violent Clashes at Epping Migrant Hotel Protest

CLAMPDOWN

Essex Police Bust Eight in Major Immigration and Modern Slavery Dragnet