Scott Mills' former BBC Radio colleague bluntly asked 'did you hear rumours?' - after it emerges that police probed the DJ for 'serious sex offences against teenage boy' in 2016
On Monday (March 30) it was revealed that the Radio 2 star, 53, was fired by the Beeb over his 'personal conduct'.
LIVE: Chelmsford roundabout partially blocked due to police incident
Hello and welcome to our live blog. Here we will be keeping you updated on a roundabout in Chelmsford, which is partially blocked due to a police incident. Please email halle.groves@newsquest.co.uk with information and images.
Beloved Essex mum was 'mauled to death' for 12 minutes by amateur rapper's XL Bully
Esther Martin's daughter said she held amateur rapper Ashley Warren 'entirely responsible for the pain and suffering during her long death' after she was savaged by an XL Bully
Nigel Farage bids to save family holidays from Middle East crisis: Reform calls for axing of air passenger duty when adults travel with children
Nigel Farage claimed scrapping the 'family holiday tax' would be a 'Brexit benefit', with his party saying it would save families £45 on flights to Europe, or £48 on flights within the UK.
Busy Chelmsford roundabout partially blocked due to police incident
A roundabout leading to Victoria Road and Parkway in Chelmsford in partially blocked with delays due to a police incident.
Busy Chelmsford roundabout partially blocked due to police incident
A roundabout leading to Victoria Road and Parkway in Chelmsford in partially blocked with delays due to a police incident.
Teenage farm worker, 17, was crushed to death in malfunctioning bale wrapping machine, inquest told
Teenage farm worker Luke Searle, 17, was fatally crushed while using a bale wrapping machine that had malfunctioned, on Sherwell farm, Plympton, Devon, an inquest has heard.
Doctor's union dares Starmer to follow through on his ultimatum over jobs and pay row, warning patients will suffer
The prime minister has accused resident doctors of 'recklessly' walking away from an offer that would have seen some earn more than £100,000 a year.
Locals 'fed up' after Essex town's GP and health centre closed
The closure of GP surgery and blood testing clinic means there's 'extra strain' on NHS services
Man, 20s, rushed to hospital after knife attack on busy road
A group of people reportedly attacked a man with a knife
Ubuntu 26.04 beta arrives packing GNOME 50, which no longer supports Google Drive
Yep, you read that right. And there's no official Linux client from Google
Canonical has just released the beta of the next Ubuntu LTS – but what's grabbed the attention of many is that it features GNOME 50 as its default desktop environment. And GNOME 50 no longer supports Google Drive.…
Iconic British pottery firm Denby to fall into administration due to rising costs and falling customer demand
The Derbyshire-based company dates from 1809 and employs more than 500 people.
'Dangerous' Essex gunman shot up caravan site over 'stolen' moped
The 'dangerous offender' shot at a person possibly over the theft of a moped
The cruel whispers about Jennifer Lopez are true. No one is brave enough to say this about women her age: LIZ JONES
Jennifer Lopez is performing night after night in Vegas in a sheer black lace onesie, the only cover a perilously narrow landing strip along the crotch that she exposes every few seconds.
EastEnders fans gasp 'this is killing me' as they're floored by characters' dramatic height difference - and demand to know 'just how tall is he?!'
Monday's (March 30) episode of the BBC soap saw an unlikely duo side-by-side, much to viewers' amusement.
Tiger Woods' insulting remarks to Vanessa Trump that sparked weekend-long fight after his DUI arrest: 'She will 100 per cent walk'
Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump argued all weekend after the golf star's DUI arrest on Friday, the Daily Mail can reveal.
For 10 years I was told my hot sweats and debilitating fatigue were the menopause. After spending thousands I found it was an (increasingly common) disease - and the life-changing cure
My symptoms started around 13 years ago. I'd had a long day at work and by late afternoon felt completely exhausted and slightly feverish.
Massive oil tanker struck by Iranian drone near Strait of Hormuz as US unleashes 2,000lb bunker buster bombs on ammunition depot
The US and Iran traded blows late on Monday, as Iranian drones hit a huge Kuwaiti oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, while the Americans bombarded an Iranian ammunition depot.
NASA's Artemis II gets the green light for April 1: Step-by-step graphic reveals exactly what will happen as four astronauts venture to the moon for the first time in over 50 YEARS
NASA's Artemis II mission has been given the green light to launch, sending four astronauts to the moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Anthropic admits Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'
Unexpected quota drain prompts complaints, breaks automated workflows
Users of Claude Code, Anthropic's AI-powered coding assistant, are experiencing high token usage and early quota exhaustion, disrupting their work.…