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Read Time:51 Second There are major delays following an HGV fire on the M25 near the Darenth Interchange. The blaze ripped through the cab of the HGV that was loaded with rounded timber. Due to swift actions by the Kent fire and rescue service, they...
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Read Time:51 Second Mohammed Shahid Ali, 38 is wanted on a recall to prison having failed to comply with the conditions of his release. Ali should not be approached and may pose a risk to the public and young children. Ali had been living in the...
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Read Time:15 Second For 33 years the London’s Air Ambulance has responded at the request of the ambulance services to the aid of the most ill and injured patients in the capital and surrounding areas. For its life-saving work, London’s...
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Read Time:4 Minute, 48 Second Deniz Jaffer, 47, and Jamie Lewis, 33 – previously both PCs at the North East Basic Command Unit – were sentenced at the Old Bailey on Monday, 6 December having previously pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 28 Second Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command have today, Friday, 3 December, arrested a 26-year-old UK national at Stansted Airport on suspicion of preparation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 5 of...
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Read Time:2 Minute, 47 Second Three men who plotted to use a removal firm as a front for their drug smuggling operation have been convicted following a National Crime Agency investigation. Mark Youell, 64, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, conspired along...
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Read Time:34 Second A band of rainfall will arrive across southwest England and Wales shortly after midnight and then push quickly northeastwards before finally clearing from Essex and Kent by late afternoon. Some locations will see 20-30 mm of...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 42 Second Billy Maidment and Alison Mackinnon marketed cocaine and amphetamine through mobile phone messages to local users but were caught after their activities were watched by some of our suspicious officers. On 25 February...
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Read Time:28 Second The boys died following a disturbance in Regency Court at around 1.30am on Sunday morning (24 October). Frankie Watson, 19, of Baker Street, Orsett, has been remanded to appear at Southend Magistrates’ Court today...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 39 Second Police received a number of calls to Regency Court, including from colleagues in the ambulance service, at about 1.30am. Officersarrived and found three people had been injured. Despite the efforts of medics, two of...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 55 Second . Ali Harbi Ali, 25 of north London, was charged on Thursday, 21 October with murder (contrary to common law), and preparation of terrorist acts (contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006). The charges were...
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Read Time:33 Second The Met office has issued a Yellow Weather Warning for the area advising Homes and businesses are likely to be flooded, causing damage to some buildings Delays and some cancellations to train and bus services are likely Spray and...
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Read Time:54 Second Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is being held by police on suspicion of murdering the veteran Conservative MP as he met with his Southend West constituents on Friday afternoon. Police and intelligence officials are said to be mystified about...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 15 Second The 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after Sir David, Member of Parliament for Southend West, was fatally stabbed at an address in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea, shortly after 12:05hrs on...
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Read Time:31 Second The 25-year-old, who is a British citizen, with Somali heritage, is not thought to have been previously known to the security services. However, the investigation into the killing of Sir David Amess is still in its infancy...
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Read Time:2 Minute, 40 Second At just after midday today Essex Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Eastwood Road, North, Leigh. The response of the emergency services to this incident was immediate, and our officers arrived on scene...
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Read Time:7 Second Essex Police confirmed a 25-year-old man had been arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder after MP is stabbed to death. Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Happy 0 0 % Sad 0 0 % Excited 0 0 % Sleepy 0 0 % Angry 0 0 %...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 51 Second Fred, who grew up in Portsmouth and is a devout blues fan, is one of ITV’S longest-serving regional news anchors, with a career spanning almost 38 years. But tonight the well-known presenter revealed he is stepping down...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 16 Second Essex Police remain at the scene of what they are describing as a serious incident at the Texaco petrol station at Galleys Corner on the A120 in Braintree. Emergency services are also in attendance at this...
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Read Time:36 Second Essex Police remain at the scene of what they are describing as a serious incident at the Texaco petrol station at Galleys Corner on the A120 in Braintree. Emergency services are also in attendance at this ongoing...
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Read Time:27 Second Insulate Britain protesters have once again blocked the flow of traffic on the M25 this morning (30 September) by glueing their hands to the tarmac. Essex police said: “All lanes of the M25 at Thurrock are open. Nine...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 2 Second Romanian national Vasile Costache, aged 53, previously of Hounslow in London, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers at Luton airport on Monday 27 September. He was about to board a flight to Bucharest. His...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 40 Second Boris Johnson said it would raise £36bn for frontline services in the next three years and be the “biggest catch-up programme in the NHS’ history”. He accepted the tax broke a manifesto pledge, but...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 36 Second It’s has been 9 months since their lives were shattered when her husband John Ross Dick went missing. John was last seen in Dovercourt (Essex, UK) on 30th November 2020. There have had no confirmed sightings or calls...
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Read Time:2 Minute, 41 Second Three people have been killed and a fourth person is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a crash involving a Mondeo, a minibus and a lorry on the M25 near Waltham Abbey. Essex Police said the crash...
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Read Time:29 Second Police are asking for your help to find Atlanta Butler who is missing from her home in north Essex. The 15-year-old was last seen on Wednesday. She has links to #Kelvedon, #Ipswich, #Chelmsford, #Maldon and #Stratford. If you...
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Read Time:3 Minute, 20 Second The family of a five-year-old boy who tragically died after sustaining fatal injuries as a result of an incident in a high street shop in Colchester has paid tribute to him, saying: “He will be with us every single day...
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Read Time:30 Second Naomi Claringbull was last seen at around 9pm yesterday evening, Saturday 7 August. Officers, and her family, are really concerned about her – we need to get in touch with her to make sure she’s ok.Naomi, 13, has...
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Read Time:51 Second #A282 currently both #DartfordTunnels are held. This is due to traffic issues backing up from #J31. This is caused by the impact of the traffic being held on the #DartfordBridge due to the earlier vehicle fire. Updates to follow...
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Read Time:50 Second Police were called to Fenwick department store in Colchester High Street by Paramedics in the ambulance service around 11.30am on Tuesday 27 July, after a five-year-old boy sustained a serious head injury. Alongside store staff...
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Read Time:58 Second Heavy showers and thunderstorms may lead to flooding and transport disruption in places on Sunday. Spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures Where flooding or lightning strikes...
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Read Time:59 Second Heavy rain and thunderstorms will move into southern areas during Friday night, reaching south Wales and the Midlands early on Saturday. This is likely to bring frequent lightning, possible large hail and gusty winds as well as...
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Read Time:13 Second The M25 from beneath Watling Street Bridge at Dartford around 12:15pm was closed for nearly seven hours after the pipe work fell. A total of six vehicles, including an NHS blood and transport van, were damaged. Miraculously, no...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 33 Second Kent Police and Highways England have sent officers to the incident and Fir crews from Kent Fire and Rescue have also been called. Traffic has been stopped in both directions whilst the scene is managed and confirmed...
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Read Time:42 Second Kent Police and Highways England have sent officers to the incident and Fir crews from Kent Fire and Rescue have also been called. Traffic has been stopped in both directions whilst the scene is managed and confirmed if it is...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 9 Second Highways England said: “M11 closed J10 to 8 Southbound for a Lorry #Fire, this will also affect the J9 entry slip from the #A11, Northbound also closed J8/9. Please avoid the area at all costs as this will be...
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Read Time:59 Second Information is sought following a report a man was assaulted in Northfleet. Kent Police was called to the High Street, between Hive Lane and Factory Road, at around 11.40pm on Friday 2 July 2021. A collision between...
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Read Time:38 Second Police are searching for 15-year-old Druie Price, who has been missing since 16 June from the address where he had been living in St Leonards. Druie is described as white, 6′, of medium build, with brown eyes, black hair...
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Read Time:39 Second At around 4.05pm on Sunday 6 June 2021, patrols were called to a disturbance in the vicinity of Marine Parade, Sheerness. It is reported that as a suspect was being detained, he violently headbutted an officer in the face...
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Read Time:58 Second Kent Police was called at 12.03am on Saturday 22 May 2021 to a report of an assault at a Holiday Park on Plough Road, Sheerness. Armed police officers and Paramedics from South East coast ambulance service attended and a man in...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 56 Second A man has been charged with nearly 40 offences as part of an investigation by our specialist team which investigates the complex and organised exploitation of children. Matthew Clarke was arrested after officers from...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 45 Second The group of traffic officers and specialists conducted 75 stops and identifying over 50 offences. ‘Op Alliance’ involved officers from Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, Norfolk, and Suffolk...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 51 Second Sixty-one vehicles were stopped and four people arrested during a joint operation between Kent and Essex Police forces targeting travelling criminals and unsafe vehicles. On Friday 14 May 2021 the Dartford River...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 10 Second The driver of the car had a lucky escape after he collided with a London bus late in the early hours of Saturday. Emergency services were called to Jenkins Road after it’s alleged that the car entered from a side...
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Read Time:26 Second Traffic is queueing after a broken down horsebox called traffic chaos on the Essex bound Dartford tunnel crossing this afternoon. Traffic officers from highways England assisted in recovering a broken down horsebox broke down on...
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Read Time:1 Minute, 30 Second In March 2021, a company from outside of the UK who specialises in the sale of solar panels reported a large shipment missing in Kent. The goods, which are said to have been purchased by a company in the UK, were...
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Read Time:4 Minute, 6 Second Found on most modern vehicles in London, catalytic converters contain precious metals, meaning they have a high scrap metal value. After they have been stolen, they are often shipped overseas for those precious...
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Read Time:10 Second Caolan Gormley, 23, of Kedew Road in Caledon, County Tyrone, will answer a charge of conspiracy to assist illegal immigration. He is due to appear at Southend Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday 17 March. Share Facebook Twitter...
