He portrayed Mr Morris in Friday Night Dinner and had roles in soaps including Eastenders.

A ROYALIST from Colchester may have formed a friendship for life after travelling to the capital where the Her Majesty the Queen is lying-in-state.

POLICE are continuing to carry out a double murder inquiry following the deaths of a mother and her young daughter as a second post-mortem examination has now taken place.

ELDERLY residents at care homes across Harwich and Dovercourt have paid tribute to the Queen.

Soldiers in ceremonial uniform are maintaining a constant, 24-hour vigil around the Queen’s coffin while she is lying in state.

He received the letter from the Queen but was formally honoured by the new King.

Members of the public are welcome to join the minute's silence taking place across the country on Sunday evening

A LUCKY schoolgirl received some very special correspondence, after sending her drawing of the Queen off to Buckingham Palace.

Everyone had a great time

Beer buffs knocked back about 10,000 pints over the five-day festival

RESIDENTS have vowed to “take matters into their own hands” if police officers do not do more to crack down on criminals raiding their vehicles.

It follows years of legal wrangling

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

The DWP and HMRC have put arrangements in place to ensure all benefits and credits due to be paid on this date.

The letter has been kept in a glass case in a restricted part of a building in Australia signed “Elizabeth”.

The rate at which Apple brings out new versions of its devices and technology means it can be hard to keep up with.

Here's what you should and should not bring as the Queen lies in state at the Palace of Westminster.

The UK Meteor Network said it was “investigating to ascertain what the object was"

The 43-year-old singer requires emergency surgery on her back, after initially injuring it in 2002,

Soldiers in ceremonial uniform are maintaining a constant, 24-hour vigil around the Queen’s coffin while she is lying in state.

The campaign was launched by John Harris and has been backed by more than 100,000 people in the UK.

Twitter has called Mr Zatko’s description of events “a false narrative … riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies”.

Customers of TSB have been reporting outages with their services this morning.

Customers of the Lloyds banking group have been reporting outages with their services this morning.

The broadcaster will air three episodes of Emmerdale and an hour-long edition of Coronation Street.

STAFF at the new monarch’s former official residence of Clarence House were made redundant during the thanksgiving ceremony for the Queen held at St Giles’ Cathedral.

THE late Queen “loathed” Boris Johnson, it has been claimed.

Thousands of Royal Mail stamps are set to be unusable within months as a new system is introduced, with some left set to be thousands out of pocket.

The four branches will re-open later in the day, however...

Water is around a foot deep on one of the main roads into the town.

The dad tragically died at the scene earlier this month

The works will begin next month

An amazing accomplishment

A FAST-FOOD restaurant was raided after a seemingly hungry gang of burglars smashed their way inside during the early hours of the morning.

RESIDENTS living in housing association accommodation are being “plagued” by a rat-infested bin store which mysteriously “explodes” while they are asleep.

A few places will be screening the Queen's funeral in Essex on Monday, September 19

A woman has been released under investigation

A MOTORCYCLIST has died following a crash in Dovercourt's High Street.

A new dedicated website to increase the number of people using buses across the county is being developed by Essex County Council.

POWER has finally been restored at an assisting living complex after pensioners were left in darkness for days on end following a small fire.

A council which was taken over by the government due its level of financial risk and debt owes at least £11million to other local authorities in Essex.

A SUPERB sculpture will display a range of intriguing works during a month-long residency at a tiny town art gallery.

A royal fan has covered his house in more than 100 Union Jack flags to mark the death of the Queen.

A ROAD in Tendring is set to close for nearly two weeks.

A MANCUNIAN performance poet who has proclaimed his love for the East of England will bring his new show to a city centre entertainment venue next month.

COLCHESTER museums, leisure facilities, and a range of other council-run complexes will be shut on the day of the Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral.

It will run on Sunday

OWNERS have been left outraged after callous vandals smashed more than 30 beach huts during a wrecking spree.

Multiple emergency services attended the scene.

COLCHESTER Hospital will continue to provide care and treatment to urgent patients on the day of the Queen’s funeral, bosses have confirmed.