Updates for Monday, 16 November 2015
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Nick Alexander, 36, from Weeley died while working at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. Here's what we know about him:
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
We've been looking at how other media outlets are reporting the death of Nick Alexander from Weeley, the first British victim named following Friday's Paris attacks.
The Independent writes, external how famous members of rock and roll paid tribute to Mr Alexander, who worked as a band merchandise seller.
Andrew Woodger
BBC News
Six men from Essex have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to supply controlled drugs after cocaine estimated to be worth more than £50m was found in a taxi near Tilbury docks in July:
They are due to stand trial at Woolwich Crown Court in January.
Richard Smith
BBC Essex
Today I've been in Clacton where a minute's silence was observed at the town hall in remembrance of the victims killed or hurt in the Paris attacks.
Image source, Tendring District CouncilThe union jack here flies at half-mast. The council also tells me its offices at Weeley have also lowered the flag in remembrance ofNick Alexanderwho was from the village.
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The French flag remains at half-mast over Colchester Town Hall today in remembrance of Nick Alexander, from Weeley, who died in Friday's Paris attacks.
Image source, John FairhallThe 36-year-old was killed at the Bataclan concert hall where he was selling merchandise for the band Eagles of Death Metal, external.
Mr Alexander was a former pupil at the Colchester Royal Grammar School.
The British man killed in the Paris attacks, Nick Alexander, has been described by a friend as "caring" and "always thinking of others".
His long-term friend Gemma Taylor spoke to BBC Breakfast about how he will be remembered.
A minute's silence has been staged outside Clacton Town Hall today to remember those who died or were injured in the terror attacks in Paris.
The chairman of Tendring District Council, Fred Nicholls, led the silence and said it was particularly poignant as the first named British victim came from Weeley.
"This somehow makes it even more real for us in Tendring when one of our own was struck down in the attacks", Mr Nicholls said.
Richard Smith
BBC Essex
The nation will be observing a minute's silence at 11:00 to remember the victims of the Paris attacks and we will be marking the event here on Local Live.
Vigils continue to be held and public buildings around the world have been lit up in the colours of the French flag to honour the 129 people killed, including Nick Alexander from Weeley.
Laura Safe
BBC Essex
A member of the Islamic Sharia Council in Essex has spoken of her shock when she heard about the terrorist attacks in Paris.
Khola Hasan, from Theydon Bois, has previously advised the government on issues affecting Muslims in Britain.
"The war has come to our doorstep... Killing Islamic State is only answer, they can't be allowed to murder," Ms Hasan told BBC Essex.
A former army colonel and security expert in Colchester says it's time to put British and American boots on the ground in Syria following Friday's attacks in Paris.
Quote MessageWe do need to get boots on the ground, in very large numbers and from a wide coalition nations."
Richard Kemp
Long-time friend of Nick Alexander, 36, from Weeley who died in Friday's Paris attacks says she learnt of his death through news feeds and a rock channel.
Quote MessageHis family are devastated. We all are. It's a very sensitive time at the minute. The family is so caring and so loving and Nick was a big part of them and they were a big part of him."
Gemma Taylor
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Richard Smith
BBC Essex
I'm on my way to Clacton-on-Sea where a minutes silence will be held in remembrance to the victims of the attacks in Paris on Friday.
The marking of the silence will be particularly poignant here as one of the 132 people who died was Nick Alexander, 33, from Weeley.
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
More tributes have been paid to Nick Alexander from Weeley, who died inside the Bataclan Theatre in Paris on Friday.
Image source, Stephen BuddA peer, who didn't want to be named, attended the Colchester Royal Grammar School with Mr Alexander and described him as "very witty".
"I remember him as a music lover, never far from some headphones, friendly but private, largely kept himself to himself except around his close peers".
The UKIP MP for Clacton, Douglas Carswell, external, says Syrian refugees being relocated in Essex need to be "properly vetted" following the attacks in Paris on Friday.
The home secretary said yesterday "rigorous checks" were already in place to counter the security threat from Islamic State militants hiding among migrants coming to the UK.
Mr Carswell told BBC Essex: "The victims of these terrorists are also Syrian, if we work with UN agencies it's possible to vet people properly".
Essex Chronicle
Essex Chronicle
Numerous service cancellations have brought Chelmsford railway station to an effective standstill, external this morning due to overrunning engineering works.
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Many of you have been commenting on our Facebook page, external paying tribute to Nick Alexander from Weeley who died at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Friday.
Irene got in touch and wrote, external: "RIP Nick Alexander. Thinking of his family today together with all the other families affected by this vicious and cowardly act."
Richard Smith
BBC Essex
Malcolm Buckley, of Wickford, was in Paris at the weekend. He has told me the atmosphere was "very tense" following the attacks.
Quote MessageThere was a very extensive presence of the military, especially soldiers with machine guns, and constant sirens of the emergency services."
Malcolm Buckley