Essex moves to Covid highest tier 4 restrictionspublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020
Tougher new restrictions are brought in across the county in the government's latest announcement.
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The latest updates on the 2019 local elections in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
The Liberal Democrats unexpectedly win Chelmsford from the Tories, and North Norfolk from No Overall Control
Conservatives lose Basildon, Southend, St Albans, Tendring and Peterborough to No Overall Control
The Tories also fail to take one of their target councils, Colchester, where group leader Darius Laws lost his seat to the Greens
Conservatives hold Epping Forest, Castle Point, Rochford, Braintree, Maldon and Brentwood
Labour hold Ipswich, Harlow and Cambridge
Independents make gains in Thurrock, which remains in No Overall Control
Essex moves to Covid highest tier 4 restrictionspublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2020
Covid infection rate over 1% in south-east England hot spotspublished at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 22 December 2020
Sam Francis
BBC News, London
Image source, PA MediaMore than 1% of the population currently have coronavirus in two boroughs in south-east England, new figures show.
Only one borough has ever breached this benchmark before, according to Public Health England.
Thurrock and Havering have the highest infection rates in the country.
Thurrock in Essex now has 1,056 cases per 100,000 population. This means roughly 1% of the population is currently infected.
The infection rate has nearly tripled in just one week in Thurrock.
In neighbouring Havering the infection rate is 1,021.8 per 100,000.
It follows a spike in Covid-19 cases linked to a new strain of coronavirus.
Nottingham recorded the UK's highest official infection rate of 1,337 per 100,000 in early October.
Accurate infection rates for the first wave of the virus, when hospital admissions and deaths spiked, are not known due to a lack of testing.
Most of Essex moves to new Covid-19 tier 4 rulespublished at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2020
Tougher restrictions are imposed on most of the county, though some areas remain in tier two.
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Read MoreAltrincham P-P King's Lynn Townpublished at 11:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2020
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Read MoreAltrincham P-P King's Lynn Townpublished at 11:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 December 2020
The National League fixture between Altrincham and King's Lynn is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
Read MoreEssex district's Covid-19 rise a 'grave situation'published at 18:18 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2020
Basildon's coronavirus case rate is the 16th highest in England and has doubled during lockdown.
Read MoreKing's Lynn Town 1-4 Bromleypublished at 22:28 Greenwich Mean Time 1 December 2020
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Read MorePortsmouth thump non-league King's Lynnpublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 28 November 2020
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Read More'Why we took on a pub in the Covid-19 pandemic'published at 05:07 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2020
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