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Updated 10:09, 28 Mar 2026

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EMPIRE CRUSHED

Crackdown on ‘Scouse Dave’ Drug Empire: 17 Gangsters Jailed for 91 Years

Man Charged After Teenager Kidnapped and Dumped with Serious Injuries at Train Station

Metropolitan Police Officer Charged with Misconduct Over Unauthorised Computer Searches

Youth Fight Erupts with Machetes Near Packed Southend-On-Sea Beach days after Southport Killings

Tragic Accident Claims Gogglebox Star George Gilbey’s Life: Fall From Warehouse Roof Leads to Fatal Outcome

Man Arrested Over Death of Gogglebox Star George Gilbey

Man Jailed After Using Doctor Aliases for Fraud

Signed, sealed, delivered to prison: man jailed for six and a half years after faking signatures of CEO on £660,000 of fraudulent invoices

A man has been convicted of sexually assaulting three girls

Two men have been jailed for conspiring to supply drugs in Essex with a street value over £112K

A man has been jailed after work by specialist detectives saw him convicted of rape

A man who sexually abused four children over the course of nearly 20 years has been jailed thanks to work by specialist officers

A 91-year-old man has been sentenced to ten years in jail for his sexual offences against a young girl almost two decades ago

Car crash exposes man with forged security licence

The European Court of Human Rights has stated that it will not interfere with UK courts’ decisions to allow the withdrawal of Archie Battersbee’s life-sustaining treatment

The European Court of Human Rights has stated that it will not interfere with UK courts’ decisions to allow the withdrawal of Archie Batt…

The European Court of Human Rights has stated that it will not interfere with UK courts’ decisions to allow the withdrawal of Archie Battersbee’s life-sustaining treatment

A father and son have been jailed for life after they callously murdered a family friend by holding him down and repeatedly driving over him in a supermarket car park.

A father and son have been jailed for life after they callously murdered a family friend by holding him down and repeatedly driving over …

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s director of public health, Krishna Ramkhelawon, has welcomed the government’s temporary strengthening of Covid-19 measures in response to concerns over the newly identified Covid-19 Omicron variant

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s director of public health, Krishna Ramkhelawon, has welcomed the government’s temporary strengthening o…

Car cruisers can expect to be moved on and risk having their cars seized if they attend unauthorised meets this weekend

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of funding terrorism

Police officer stabbed multiple times

Two people convicted of stabbing

Two people convicted of stabbing

EMPIRE CRUSHED Crackdown on ‘Scouse Dave’ Drug Empire: 17 Gangsters Jailed for 91 Years

Man Charged After Teenager Kidnapped and Dumped with Serious Injuries at Train Station

Metropolitan Police Officer Charged with Misconduct Over Unauthorised Computer Searches

Youth Fight Erupts with Machetes Near Packed Southend-On-Sea Beach days after Southport Killings

Tragic Accident Claims Gogglebox Star George Gilbey’s Life: Fall From Warehouse Roof Leads to Fatal Outcome

Man Arrested Over Death of Gogglebox Star George Gilbey

Man Jailed After Using Doctor Aliases for Fraud

Signed, sealed, delivered to prison: man jailed for six and a half years after faking signatures of CEO on £660,000 of fraudulent invoices

A man has been convicted of sexually assaulting three girls

Two men have been jailed for conspiring to supply drugs in Essex with a street value over £112K

A man has been jailed after work by specialist detectives saw him convicted of rape

A man who sexually abused four children over the course of nearly 20 years has been jailed thanks to work by specialist officers

A 91-year-old man has been sentenced to ten years in jail for his sexual offences against a young girl almost two decades ago

Car crash exposes man with forged security licence

The European Court of Human Rights has stated that it will not interfere with UK courts’ decisions to allow the withdrawal of Archie Battersbee’s life-sustaining treatment

The European Court of Human Rights has stated that it will not interfere with UK courts’ decisions to allow the withdrawal of Archie Batt…

The European Court of Human Rights has stated that it will not interfere with UK courts’ decisions to allow the withdrawal of Archie Battersbee’s life-sustaining treatment

A father and son have been jailed for life after they callously murdered a family friend by holding him down and repeatedly driving over him in a supermarket car park.

A father and son have been jailed for life after they callously murdered a family friend by holding him down and repeatedly driving over …

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s director of public health, Krishna Ramkhelawon, has welcomed the government’s temporary strengthening of Covid-19 measures in response to concerns over the newly identified Covid-19 Omicron variant

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s director of public health, Krishna Ramkhelawon, has welcomed the government’s temporary strengthening o…

Car cruisers can expect to be moved on and risk having their cars seized if they attend unauthorised meets this weekend

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of funding terrorism

Police officer stabbed multiple times

Two people convicted of stabbing

Two people convicted of stabbing