Chelmsford Weekly News

Flowers and tributes have begun to appear on West Mersea beach, the spot where a teenage girl and a woman lost their lives.

Firefighters were called to the scene of a tractor and baler, that had become engulfed in a large blaze at field on Marsh Road in Burnham.

A man from Hullbridge who sent sexual messages to a 12-year-old girl who was in fact an undercover police officer has been sentenced.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has paid tribute to those who died in the West Mersea beach tragedy and promised support for local authorities.

A well-known Essex businessman is on the hunt for a new recruit to help serve seafood and pints at bustling Brentwood venue The Lairy Lobster.

Essex Police said officers were called by the ambulance service at 5.35pm on Wednesday

A Clacton driver has been videoed hurling abuse at Nigel Farage then immediately crashing their car.

The new Prime Minister Andy Burnham marked his decision to cut business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues with a visit to The Hare in Harlow.

More than a thousand workers at Thurrock's distribution site could take strike action in a dispute that unions warn may disrupt Tesco stores across the UK.

The only remaining Spitfire with a Rolls Royce Merlin 63 engine is expected to take to the skies in a popular Essex air show next month.

The incident happened at about 5.30pm on Wednesday and has also left a third person in a critical condition

A British father is being prosecuted over the death of his two-year-old son who fell from a hotel window in Cyprus.

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex has spoken of his sadness following the fatal incident off West Mersea beach.

A broken-down van is causing long delays on the M25 near Brentwood.

Former Tottenham Hotspur and England midfielder David Bentley has paid a heartfelt tribute to 11-year-old George Dennis.

The incident happened at about 5.30pm on Wednesday and has also left a third person in a critical condition

A Humboldt penguin chick has hatched at Colchester Zoological Society (CZS).

Daisy Lawson, of Rayne in Braintree, has been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after allowing her pocket bully to starve and suffer untreated injuries.

Two people have died and a third remains in a serious condition in hospital after several people got into difficulty in Mersea.

Essex Police later confirmed two people – a teenager girl and a woman in her 40s – died