Essex

Woman in court charged with murder of son, 5

Gifts donated to families by NHS call-handlers

Couple donate dozens of Christmas dinners

Village gets keys to pub after raising £440,000

Community projects will get more than £3.5m in funds

Teenage girl sexually assaulted in alleyway

Woman charged with murder of five-year-old boy

School Santa gets visit from reindeer in hospice

Beach hut owner's joy at winning national award

'My sons used to get so many presents but not now'

York City 3-0 Southend United

Braintree Town 0-2 Oldham Athletic

Annual Christmas carols event returning to park

Pedestrian in his 60s killed after crash with lorry

Fire crews tackle blaze involving caravans

Fossetts Farm housing deal signed off by council

Bikers concerned village meet could be banned

The DIY SOS that transformed more than a building

Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Colchester United

Baby died while sharing a bed in temporary housing

'Pathological liar' jailed for attempted murder

Three held in murder probe after death near shops

'It's like Fawlty Towers' - Maldon & Tiptree buyers set out plans