ROL Cruise took part in "Tea for Tom", a national fundraising event in aid of The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation.

A journalist has received an apology and "substantial damages" from the police fire and crime commissioner for Essex.

An 18-year-old motorcyclist has sadly died following a fatal collision on Hay Green Lane in Brentwood.

Greater Anglia have cancelled a list of services across Essex this morning, including at Southend Victoria and Wivenhoe.

A list of Greater Anglia services across Southend, Wivenhoe and Elsenham have been cancelled this morning, causing severe disruption for morning commuters.

Former The Only Way is Essex star, Gemma Collins has announced the death of her mum Joan with an emotional tribute.

Commuters face disruption this morning between Clacton and Colchester due to a fallen tree on the tracks at Wivenhoe.

Trotters Bar, in Middleborough, has now changed ownership.

A man has avoided a jail sentence after being found with a revolver in his vehicle in Walton.

A family house in Tyler Avenue, Clacton, burst into flames on Monday night after a fire in the garden quickly spread to neighbouring properties.

A series of deliberate blazes were tackled after fire crews responded to multiple woodland fires in Harlow and a huge number of incidents across Essex.

Thick black smoke can be seen from a major fire involving a large number of tyres near Chelmsford.

Crews are currently responding to a number of fires across Essex, with some producing large amounts of visible smoke.

A large fire near Chelmsford is sending smoke that can be seen from Braintree and Witham.

Shoppers at South Woodham Ferrers’ Sainsbury’s watched on as a huge plume of smoke rose from a nearby field fire this afternoon amid a 40-acre blaze.

Two lanes are closed on the A12 due to a broken-down lorry near Hatfield Peverel.

Colchester City Council's planning committee is due to consider proposals for the future of the fountain in Culver Square when it meets on July 30.

The council-owned Brittania car park closed off 92 parking spaces last week as archaeological investigations got underway ahead of the St Botolph’s Quarter redevelopment.

Zagan Holdings has received approval for a holiday-let in Long Wyre Street.

The centre is planned for land next to Camulos Academy on Whitmore Drive, transforming an existing hardstanding area into a community hub.

A child was injured in an incident involving a dog in a Basildon supermarket car park.

Firefighters are urging residents to avoid part of Woodham Ferrers as crews tackle a large blaze this afternoon.

A former care worker from Frinton, Essex, is earning more than £50,000 a month after ditching her job to become a full-time reseller.

A huge fire is burning grassland the size of seven football pitches near Brentwood.

A market stallholder has been convicted of selling a Lost Mary vape to a child.

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester, Essex, has announced cancellations to one of its shows due to 'cast illness'.

Essex & Suffolk Water has issued an update on its position regarding a potential hosepipe ban after Essex was officially declared to be in drought today.

The East of England Ambulance Service have provided an update after a fire on a Colchester estate and reports of an explosion.

BBC Weather has warned nine days of rain could be coming from next week after another heatwave.

A Colchester motorcyclist who filmed himself riding at dangerous speeds has been handed a suspended prison sentence at court.

Essex has been officially declared in drought by the Environment Agency amid ongoing high temperatures and exceptionally low rainfall.

A seven-year-old boy who had been in critical condition has died after a tragic incident in West Mersea also took the lives of a mother and daughter.

Greater Anglia have announced "emergency speed restrictions" due to the heat. Routes to Colchester, Clacton and Braintree affected.

A former police officer has been found to have committed gross misconduct after driving a police vehicle under the influence of alcohol before crashing.

Jack Shepherd, 38, who was jailed in 2018 over the death of 24-year-old Charlotte Brown, has admitted assaulting his girlfriend.

A tribute band that performed for The 1975’s Matty Healy during a private Malibu celebration is now set to take to the stage at Colchester Arts Centre.

A popular social media creator has helped shine a spotlight on an Essex animal sanctuary.

Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live at the Apollo are among the programmes to be cut

Jimmy's Farm has announced the death of its 16-year-old Asiatic lion, Kamal who was the oldest of its kind in captivity in Britain.

Cambridge Road near Saffron Walden is currently closed as police undertake 'crash investigation work'.

Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club has announced they are leaving Wormingford Airfield after 36 years in search of a new home.

St Helena Hospice is hosting its annual Community Fun Day at Mile End Sports Ground in Colchester on August 1.

Fire crews were last night called to the scene of a blaze in Colchester after reports from residents of an explosion.

A woman has been charged with the murder of her eight-month-old daughter in Harlow after her death was deemed 'suspicious'.

There are miles of delays on a major Essex road, the A12 between Witham and Witham North due to a crash.

Essex Police have launched an appeal to find missing 46-year-old Richard Munns, who is missing from the Harlow area.

The MP for Harwich and North Essex, Sir Bernard Jenkin has called for urgent action over a railway underpass in Manningtree.

The Met Office has given its verdict on how hot Essex is expected to get today amid extreme heat warnings.

The new owner of Mill Race Garden Centre at Aldham, Colchester, Essex, has secured a café-bakery and submitted plans to create a rural business park.

Resurfacing works by Essex Highways have begun on St Cyrus Road, Upland Drive, and St Christopher Road in Colchester, which will last for four nights.