Chelmsford Weekly News

Essex Police appeal for witnesses after a small white or silver car hit two pedestrians in Harlow on October 31 and failed to stop.

Santa’s Grotto returns to Cherry Lane garden centres in Hockley and Stisted, Essex, in 2026, with online booking, festive trails and gifts for children.

A Colchester centenarian who was part of the Bevin Boys scheme during the second world was has reflected on his remarkable life.

Essex county councillor Sara Naylor is urging witnesses to share footage after a man died following a crash in Mount Bures.

East Bergholt café Oranges & Lemons is on the market for £95,000 as owners retire, after earning Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards from 2023 to 2025.

Chelmsford For You has unveiled its Christmas in the City programme, packed with festive entertainment, community events and family activities

Essex Police appeal to find Colchester man John Cook, 38, wanted for recall to prison. Officers seek information, CCTV or dashcam footage to help enquiries.

Essex car workshop Premier Panels fined £16,192 on October 29 for ignoring Thurrock planning notices over unauthorised repairs, tyre fitting and fencing.

Russell Brand’s management donated £3,000 to Essex rape crisis charity SERICC in 2010, a year before his attack.

Man in his 30s suffers life-threatening injuries after falling from scaffolding in Chingford Avenue, Chingford. Police and HSE enquiries continue.

Colchester nurse Caroline Elizabeth Harding will be struck off by the NMC after dishonestly retaining a patient’s £100 and bank card.

Suffolk Police seek Billy Smith and John Loveridge after they absconded from HMP Hollesley Bay on November 11, with links to Essex and Bedford areas.

Essex could see its first frost as temperatures fall below freezing on Friday, November 13, with Chelmsford, Colchester and Basildon forecast to reach -1C.

Registered sex offender Jetfire Allen jailed for 13 months after viewing indecent images of children on X; Essex Police monitoring software exposed abuse.

A120 crash near Marks Tey partially blocks both directions by Poplar Nurseries Garden Centre, causing delays. Drivers should allow extra time for their journeys.

Essex motorway services ranked: Moto Thurrock on the M25 scores 96% and Welcome Break Birchanger on the M11 95% in Transport Focus customer satisfaction survey.

Loughton shoplifter Sergiu Marin Dobre jailed for four months after stealing £80 of goods from Morrisons and carrying a knife on November 6.

Essex Police's Operation Limit uncovers thousands of suspected counterfeit cigarettes and leads to 19 arrests for drink-driving, drugs and immigration offences.

A person has died at Hanwell railway station on November 11, causing severe Elizabeth Line delays between Paddington, Reading, Heathrow and Shenfield.

Elizabeth Line services are severely disrupted after a casualty on the tracks near Heathrow Airport, with suspensions between Paddington, Abbey Wood and Essex.