Fire crews tackled a blaze in the thatched roof of a barn. Crews from Weeley, Brightlingsea and Colchester were called to Wigboro in Wick Lane, St Osyth at around 4.10pm on Sunday. Firefighters used two hose reels to tackle the blaze and had
THE A12 was blocked in both directions close to Eight Ash Green due to an police incident on Sunday night. There were delays were of around ten minutes at 5.45pm with reports suggesting police had cordoned off a bridge across the carriageways.
A COUPLE have spoken of their joy after winning an 18- month battle to stop their grand-daughter being forced into adoption. Lee and Katrina Parker were not told by Essex County Council of its intention to take baby India from her mother, who had
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was robbed near a cashpoint in Dovercourt. A man in his 20s was in a vehicle with a friend waiting for another to use the cashpoint at the junction of Cliff Road and Main Road at about 6pm on Saturday
POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man in connection with the theft of two boxes of lager from a Co-op in Colchester. The lager was stolen from the Co-op in Wimpole Road on January 5 shortly before 4pm. Anyone who can identify the man pictured
A WOMAN was led to safety from her burning home after a fire started in a bedroom. Fire crews were called to a semi-detached property in Kings Avenue, Holland on Sea, at around 10.30pm on Saturday. The fire was in the first floor bedroom and
