Chelmsford Weekly News

Essex County Council has unveiled a new programme to boost jobs and investment throughout the county.

Firefighters have spent the night battling a large blaze involving industrial units, vehicles and mobile homes in High Ongar.

All lanes have been stopped on the M25 anti-clockwise just after the Bell Common Tunnel following a crash.

A hosepipe ban has been issued across Essex and the East of England by Anglian Water amid heatwave.

Count Binface will be standing in the upcoming Clacton by-election, but among abolishing VAR and nationalising Adele, what are his other policies?

Campaigners are stepping up calls for the closure of Wethersfield Asylum Centre, saying the former RAF base is placing pressure on nearby towns.

Laura Knowles, a paediatric nurse whose dad died of cardiac arrest, has joined the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance CPR training team.

Dozens of birds have been "trapped" under netting above B&Q in Clacton, with action taken to free them.

A man serving life for the murder of an Essex teenager has denied a series of further weapons offences with his brother and father.

Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers has announced he will be standing in the Clacton by-election against Nigel Farage.

An Essex drugs kingpin who ran a £109 million criminal network from Spain has been jailed alongside a corrupt courier firm worker.

Wildlife campaigner Rob Pownall, 27, has announced he will stand against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage while dressed as a fox.

Videos show the scale of the damage after a fighter jet was involved in a crash at Zakynthos Airport.

A British man has been arrested after allegedly attempting to kiss a flight attendant on the neck during a Ryanair flight from Stansted to Mallorca.

Clacton is set for a summer by-election, with Thursday, August 13 emerging as the most likely polling date.

Essex Police have confirmed they are still looking for 17-year-old Walid Sami from Colchester who was last seen nearly three weeks ago.

Redrow Eastern has donated to North East Essex Badger Group to fund trail cameras.

Many flights to and from Zakynthos remain disrupted after a NATO F‑16 fighter jet made an emergency landing and burst into flames.

A number of candidates have now come forward to stand in the Clacton by-election - with six others now potentially set to face Farage.

Count Binface has urged Clacton residents to vote for him in a potential by-election after MP and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage stood down.