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Updated 02:46, 28 Apr 2026

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Top story: Fake Doctor Jailed for Four Years in £2 Million Essex Property Fraud Scam

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Man Charged with Kidnap After Teen Rushed and Injured in Purfleet Train Station Attack

Essex Cop Charged for Illicit WhatsApp Data Snooping—Met Police Trust Shaken

Daylight Machete Fight Sparks Panic at Packed Southend-On-Sea Beach

Gogglebox Star George Gilbey Dies After 80ft Warehouse Roof Fall – Man Arrested for Manslaughter

Gogglebox Star George Gilbey Dies in Workplace Fall, Man Arrested for Manslaughter

Fake Doctor Jailed for Four Years in £2 Million Essex Property Fraud Scam

Child Sex Offender Anthony Kamau Found Guilty After Fleeing UK to Kenya

Essex Drug Gang Boss Jailed for 6 Years After £112K Cocaine Haul Seized in Raids

Dunmow Rapist Rory Miles Jailed for Four Years, Added to Sex Offenders’ Register for Life

Paedophile Matthew Rivett Jailed for 22 Years After Sexual Abuse of Four Children in Essex Exposed

91-Year-Old Paedophile Eric Grant Jailed for 10 Years Over Child Sex Abuse From 2004-2005

Cost of Living Crisis Means 1 in 5 UK Kids May Get No Christmas Gifts – Escape Live Offers 60 Free Family Escape Room Days to Brighten Festive Fun

Cost of Living Crisis: 1 in 5 UK Kids Face Christmas Without Presents – Escape Live Offers 60 Free Family Escape Rooms to Brighten Festivities

Car Crash Uncovers Fake Security Licence Fraud – Man Given Suspended Jail and Community Service

Court Backs UK Hospitals to Withdraw Life Support for Brain-Damaged Archie Despite Family Pleas to Seek Treatment Abroad

ECHR Backs UK Courts as Archie’s Life Support Set to End Despite Family’s Pleas for Overseas Treatment

Archie Battersbee Life Support to be Switched Off After ECHR Rejects Family’s Plea for Treatment Abroad

Barking Father and Son Jailed for Life After Running Over Family Friend Four Times in Dagenham Car Park Murder

Father and Son Jailed for Life After Brutal Murder of Friend Run Over Four Times in Dagenham

New Covid Rules from Tuesday: Masks Mandatory, PCR Tests for Arrivals, and 10-Day Isolation for Omicron Exposure

New Covid Rules Return: Masks Mandatory in Shops, Tough Isolation for Omicron Contacts in England from Tuesday

Southend Sea Front Chaos: Police Shut Down Massive Illegal Car Meet, Seize BMW Amid Dangerous Stunts

Essex Off-Duty Cop Stabbed Multiple Times in Targeted Rayleigh Attack – Suspect Arrested

Couple Convicted of Murder and Manslaughter in Fatal Lewisham Stabbing of 66-Year-Old Man

Lewisham Couple Jailed Over Fatal Stabbing of Leroy Edwards in Family Feud