Essex

Accrington Stanley 1-1 Colchester United

County Championship: Bairstow hits 160; Farhan Ahmed, 16, takes seven wickets

TV star Jake Quickenden laces up to help baby

Beavers should be reintroduced in wild 'carefully'

Police manhunt for suspect in doorstep GBH attack

Fire spreads across eight hectares of land

Pears battle back well from 10-4 against Essex

'I feel my life has been saved' after yacht rescue

Woman, 22, dies following motorbike crash

County Championship: Bairstow hits century; pitch causes abandonment at Bristol

School enforces phone ban with hand-held scanners

Police officer went abroad after calling in sick

Builders 'encouraged' to add electric car hire schemes

Women encouraged to download new NHS health app

'We need more homes to ease the housing crisis'

Two men arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs

Student accommodation could help homeless crisis

Pedestrian in critical condition after crash

Man, 20s, in hospital after stabbing near roundabout

Council spent more than £1m on waste 'disaster'

Sewage lorry sits for 20 hours a day outside homes

Nurse removed from register after concerns raised

Praise for pier staff's quick response to fire