Updates for Essex Live have finished for today - thanks for joining us.

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow with the latest news for the county. 

Have a good evening.

BBC Weather

Any lingering showers will clear this evening, with long clear periods developing. The wind will fall light and it will turn colder, with a frost expected in places by dawn. 

Minimum temperature: 2C (36F).

It'll be a cold start to Thursday, but long spells of sunshine through the day.

Robby West
BBC Essex

Elaine Davies, from Burnham-on-Crouch, is warning people to check their prescriptions after she claims she was handed erectile dysfunction pills instead of migraine medication at a pharmacy.

Charlotte Rose
BBC Essex

A lorry driver has been jailed after she hit and killed a motorcyclist while using her mobile phone on the M25 last year.

Image source, Essex Police

Stana Caltun, 35, from Romania, was driving an articulated goods vehicle near west Thurrock when she struck 53-year-old Paul Garner on 18 September. 

After pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Basildon Crown Court today, Caltun was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison and banned from driving for six years.

Charlotte Rose
BBC Essex

Here are the top stories we're looking at in Essex:

• A lorry driver has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for killing a motorcyclist on the M25 in west Thurrock
• The boss of Chelmsford Museum says he hopes 14 stolen Roman coins will be returned soon
• Four friends from East Anglia, including two from Essex, have rowed their way into the history books after winning the 3,000-mile Atlantic Challenge race 

Jack Warren
BBC Local Live

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to after a bar stool was thrown at a man in Epping.

Image source, Essex Police

It happened at about 00:50 on 12 December in the Speak Easy Bar, High Street. 

A 53-year-old man was left with a deep cut to the side of his head.

Paul Joslin
BBC Essex

The boss of Chelmsford Museum says he hopes 14 stolen Roman coins will be returned soon.

Image source, Essex Police

The hoard was taken along with a security protected display cabinet while the attraction was open on 4 January. 

Manager Nick Wickenden said the coins were worth "several hundred pounds each". Anybody who is offered the items should contact Essex Police. 

Crimestoppers is offering a £2,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of a Basildon man who is described as being "dangerous".

Image source, Essex Police

Johnny Bruce, 26, is wanted on recall to prison. Essex Police also wants to speak to him in connection with firearms offences, as well as robbery and assault. 

He's described as white, 6ft 2in (1.87m) tall and of slim build with short brown hair. Members of the public are advised not to approach him.

BBC Look East

Four friends from East Anglia, including two from Essex, have rowed their way into the history books after winning the 3,000-mile Atlantic Challenge race.

The team, in high spirits, told reporters how there hadn't been a "cross word" between them in the 37-day gruelling trip, which featured 40ft waves. They beat the previous record by four days.

Charlotte Rose
BBC Essex

Thurrock Council has gone to the High Court to challenge planning permission granted to a gypsy and traveller site in Corringham. 

Image source, Google

Last year a government planning inspector gave the go ahead for a development at Manor View in Southend Road. It allows for four pitches and the siting of up to eight caravans. 

The council previously rejected the proposal because it said it would damage the green belt. No date has been fixed for the judgement to be given.  

Otto Deutsch has lived in Essex for many years, but he first came to our county as one of the Kindertransport children - evacuated from Europe at the start of the Second World War. 

Today, Mr Deutsch, now 87, whose parents and sister were shot dead, has recalled how his father was taken away by the Nazis.

Jack Warren
BBC Local Live

On Twitter we've been asking what you would like to see happen with Colchester's "Jumbo" water tower.

It's after a new report set out six recommendations for the future of the tower which has been derelict since the 1980s.

'Oak' got in touch, external to say he'd like to see a museum built, "with access to the tank as a viewing area to see the sky line". Have your say by emailing us or send us a tweet.

Southend Echo

A council is threatening to take action against anyone who deliberately sets out to harm visitors, external to Hockley Woods after booby traps were set for cyclists.

BBC Weather

After a wet and windy start the winds will ease and most of the rain will clear away this afternoon. Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).

Image source, FRINTON BELLE/BBC Weather Watchers

Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Frinton Belle, who took this blustery snap on Frinton beach earlier. She reported cloud with temperatures at 10C (50F).

Charlotte Rose
BBC Essex

Here are our top stories for Essex this lunchtime: 

• British Transport Police says it's treating the death of a man, whose body was found on the tracks at Southend Airport railway station this morning, as "unexplained"
• Essex Police says a vehicle that was stolen at the same time as a puppy from West Hordon has now been found
• A new report is recommending that the iconic "Jumbo" water tower in Colchester should become a public monument with visitor attractions or a high-level restaurant

Tim Fenton
BBC Radio Suffolk sport

Ipswich Town have until Monday at 23:00 to try to strengthen their squad, if they wish to, before the transfer window closes. One name regularly linked with Ipswich is that of Colchester's George Moncur.

Image source, Getty Images

Town striker Freddie Sears, who made the move from the Community Stadium to Portman Road himself a year ago, believes the midfielder is ready for Championship football.

"He's done really well since going to Colchester," Sears said. "I'm sure, sooner or later, George will be playing at a higher level."

Charlotte Rose
BBC Essex

It has stood derelict since the 1980s, but a new report is recommending Colchester's "Jumbo" water tower should become a public monument with visitor attractions or a high-level restaurant.

Image source, Colchester Borough Council

The study, written by the Colchester and North East Essex Building Preservation Trust, external sets out six possible options for its future.

Other proposals set out include a museum, a residential flat conversion, or simply just to restore the tower with no use in mind.

Tom Croasdell
BBC Essex Sport

Two Essex men and two of their friends have sailed into the history books after tackling the "world's toughest rowing race" in record time.

Image source, PA

Angus Collins, from Burnham-on-Crouch, and Colchester's Joe Barnett, along with Gus Barton and Jack Mayhew, have arrived in Antigua after a 3,000 mile (4,828km) journey across the Atlantic. 

The team left the Canary Islands 37 days ago, meaning they beat the previous Atlantic Challenge, external record by four days.   

Nick Alliker
BBC Essex

Police are investigating after an eight-year-old boy was attacked by a dog in Rochford.

Image source, Google

The youngster was bitten by a Staffordshire bull terrier while walking in St Clare Meadow on 15 January. He was taken to hospital for treatment on a small puncture wound.

Detectives say they are trying to locate a 12 to 14-year-old boy who was walking the dog. He is described as white, about 5ft (1.52m) tall with short, dark hair. 

Ian Puckey
BBC Essex

Following the reopening of lines between Southend Victoria and Hockley, Greater Anglia, external says disruption is expected until 12:00. 

Tickets are still being accepted on the c2c line.