http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/essex/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Essex section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sat, 18 May 2013 11:14:48 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/essex/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 A Essex haulier is jailed and fined £50,000 after a docks worker in Ipswich was crushed to death by a pontoon he was unloading. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22569229#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22569229 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:32:34 GMT A dove has built its nest in a set of traffic lights on a busy Essex roundabout. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22569231#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22569231 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:51:55 GMT Lee Purdy aims to cause a major upset when he fights Devon Alexander for the IBF world welterweight title on Saturday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/22522641 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/22522641 Tue, 14 May 2013 08:52:43 GMT The first new public library in Essex for more than 25 years opens in Chelmsford. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22567980#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22567980 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:49:30 GMT More than 25,000 cyber attacks were carried out against Essex County Council in the past year, it emerges. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22564652#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22564652 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:20:40 GMT An Essex museum is given £1.65m from the Heritage Lottery Fund to bring 50,000 objects under one roof. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22568914#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22568914 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:44 GMT An "unusually tall" cockerel at Mountfitchet Castle is hoping to be recognised as the tallest in the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22568603#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22568603 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:53 GMT About 20 homes surrounding a disused school building are evacuated in Essex after it goes up in flames. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22564645#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22564645 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:34:20 GMT Dedicated traffic courts are to be set up in England and Wales to prosecute minor motoring offences after having been piloted in Essex. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22563657#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22563657 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:23:53 GMT Homes go up in smoke in Essex http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22522612#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22522612 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:10:36 GMT Actor Paul Shane dies, aged 72 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22564986#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22564986 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:25:00 GMT Live commentary and scorecard from day four of the County Championship Division Two match at Cardiff (11:00 BST). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/22580721 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/22580721 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:09:18 GMT Essex sailor Sam Brearey will join Abby Zambinski in the new Olympic Nacra 17 boat in pursuit of a place at Rio 2016. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sailing/22570477 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sailing/22570477 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:16:31 GMT Southend United footballer Michael Timlin is charged with perverting the course of justice over speeding offences. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22538540#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22538540 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:09:10 GMT The East of England Co-op has removed a cuddly toy from all its stores after it almost caused the death of a four-year-old girl. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22569167#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22569167 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:19:44 GMT Farmers have warned that the sugar beet harvest this year could be badly hit because 50% of some crops have failed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22554106#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22554106 Thu, 16 May 2013 16:40:10 GMT Students have taken the plunge for ground-breaking lectures in marine biology delivered 59ft (18m) below the surface of the ocean. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22554410#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22554410 Thu, 16 May 2013 16:21:14 GMT A musical which started out in a garden shed in Cambridgeshire is now heading for the West End with Darren Day as its star. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22539509#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22539509 Wed, 15 May 2013 10:39:05 GMT An award-winning fashion student's own label children's clothes have gone on sale in a supermarket chain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22525595#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22525595 Tue, 14 May 2013 11:47:13 GMT A huge landfill site in Essex that has been transformed into a 120-acre nature reserve has been officially opened by Sir David Attenborough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22496366#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22496366 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:35:03 GMT The UK's landscape and wildlife are under threat like never before with species in "freefall decline", a report reveals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22472670#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22472670 Fri, 10 May 2013 00:42:37 GMT