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Former Conservative MEP and deputing party leader John Stevens has been selected as a by-election candidate for the Rejoin EU Party to challenge Nigel Farage.

Essex Police went to a property in Hythe Hill at around 11pm on Monday over an “unrelated matter”, a police spokesperson confirmed.

Crews from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service are attending the scene of a large field blaze in Langford Road, Wickham Bishops.

Tributes have been paid to a "kind, caring and beautiful" boy who died in a fatal collision in Ongar.

The restaurant chain is set to move into the empty unit which has been closed for two years.

Erin Galvin, 17, has set her sights on becoming a firefighter after graduating from the Essex Fire Cadets.

A Harwich cancer survivor has rung the bell at Colchester Hospital to mark the end of her five years of treatment.

Former city council leader Councillor Mark Cory, who led from May 2018 to May 2021, will be putting forward the Pride in our Libraries motion, agenda notes reveal.

Veteran politician Ann Widdecombe was killed in a “targeted attack”, counter-terrorism police investigating her death have said.

The scramble to buy PPE during the pandemic saw the UK waste almost £10 billion of taxpayers’ money, the official inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 has found.

Politicians face a “horrific” culture of violence which has become worse in recent years, a Cabinet minister has warned.

Rachel Reeves will say Britain’s economy has “beaten the odds” under her stewardship, in a defence of her record ahead of Andy Burnham’s incoming government.

After quarter-final scenes that saw fans spilling out of pubs such as the Marquis, King’s Arms and Centurion, Wednesday night is shaping up to be even bigger.

FORMER Colchester United winger Callum Harriott has announcement his retirement from professional football.

Colchester United youngsters sign new contracts

Danny Cowley on Colchester United takeover collapse