Chelmsford Weekly News

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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'.