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The victim was threatened that if she didn't pay up, he'd send people to her home and Chapman later told police he'd done it because he wanted "to watch her squirm".

It would be an unmanned facility operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week

There have been record-breaking temperatures in our county in the past few days

Police are appealing for further information

The new Tory leader of the council said there was probably better things to spend the money on

Southend 'is not a place for violence', Essex Police said after bringing in extra officers following rumours of large numbers of young people planning to travel to the city on Tuesday (May 25)

She was unable to walk, talk or breathe unaided after waking up from her choma

"Their future was stolen from them when they had their whole lives ahead. To never see them grow up just hurts so much."

Multiple parts of the town have flooded, including a popular underpass

There are huge queues of traffic going back miles

Locals complained about a huge level of noise at the venue last week

There are warnings about flooding in parts of Essex

Coastguard attended 18 incidents over the bank holiday weekend

The white van driver from Chelmsford has been left with a criminal record after tooting his horn to get a friend's attention

The Independent council leader has been ousted by the Tories after vote decided by just one vote