BBC Local Live: Essex Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Summary

Updates for Wednesday, 27 January 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Thursday

Live Reporting

Jack Warren

Travel: Lines between Hockley and Southend reopenpublished at 10:51
Network Rail says lines between Southend Victoria and Hockley have reopened, having been closed after the body of a man was found on the tracks at Southend Airport earlier.
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Roman coins stolen from Chelmsford Museumpublished at 10:27
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
Fourteen gold Roman coins have been stolen from a display inside Chelmsford Museum, police say.
Image source, Essex Police
The items, which are said to be worth a substantial amount of money, were taken along with a wall-mounted cabinet at about 09:00 on 4 January.
A 30-year-old man from the area has been arrested in connection with the theft. Essex Polices says anybody offered these items for sale should call 101.
Police searching for stolen puppy find missing Range Roverpublished at 10:10
Nick Alliker
BBC Essex
Police are continuing to search for Pickle, a nine-week-old puppy stolen during a burglary in West Hordon on Monday.
Image source, Adele Rowley
A Range Rover also taken in the incident has since been located in Luton, but Pickle is still missing, Essex Police said.
Owner Adele Rowley said: "I've only had Pickle a week but have grown really attached to her. My other dog is missing her too - her tail has been down since she was taken."
Breck Bednar murder: Mother says son's killer contacted herpublished at 09:33
The mother of a 14-year-old boy murdered by an Essex man says she has "no doubt" a person who has contacted her online is her son's killer.
Image source, BBC/Essex Police
Breck Bednar was killed in 2014 after being lured to Grays by Lewis Daynes (pictured right), 20, who is serving a life sentence.
Breck's mother Lorin LaFave said: "It's very distressing and I know it's him." The Ministry of Justice said it had found no evidence of electronic communication in Daynes's cell.
Bus replacement service now in operation between Southend and Hockleypublished at 09:18
Greater Anglia says while a British Transport Police investigation takes place at Southend Airport, it does not know when trains will be running again.
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Man's death at Southend Airport railway station 'unexplained'published at 09:10
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
British Transport Police has told me the death of a man found on the tracks at Southend Airport this morning is being treated as "unexplained".
It says it was called to the railway station at about 07:47 and a man was pronounced dead at the scene.
In a statement it said: "Officers will now work to establish how the man came to be on the tracks, and to inform his family."
Weather: Windy with rain at timespublished at 09:00
Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather
This morning will be mild but windy with some rain at times. The winds will ease and most of the rain will clear away, although and it'll turn colder.
Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).
Greater Anglia tickets accepted on c2c and London Undergroundpublished at 08:50
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Greater Anglia driver 'discovered body on the line'published at 08:44
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
I have just spoken to Greater Anglia about the emergency incident between Southend Victoria and Hockley.
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A spokesman told me the driver of a train leaving Southend discovered a body on the line at Southend Airport earlier this morning. He said there had been no reports of a train hitting a person.
An investigation is now under way by the British Transport Police at Southend Airport. Trains to and from London are terminating at Hockley.
Person 'under a train' at Southend Airport railway stationpublished at 08:28
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
The British Transport Police says it is heading to Southend Airport railway station to reports of a person being "under a train", external.
The line is blocked between Southend Victoria and Hockley.
Greater Anglia , externalsays disruption is expected to last until lunchtime.
Replacement buses to run between Hockley and Southendpublished at 08:18
Due to an "emergency incident", Greater Anglia says a replacement bus service is being prepared to run between Hockley and Southend.
We're trying to find out more information.
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'Emergency incident' closes Liverpool Street line between Southend and Hockleypublished at 08:13
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An "emergency incident" has closed the rail line between Southend Victoria and Hockley.
Trains from Liverpool Street are terminating at Wickford.
More details to follow.
Headlines: Killer 'contacts victim's mother'... Councillor quits UKIP group over 'bullying'published at 08:08
Nick Alliker
BBC Essex
- The mother of a boy, 14, murdered by an Essex man says she has "no doubt" a person who has contacted her online is her son's killer
- A Tendring councillor has told BBC Essex that he has left the UKIP group on the authority following a "sustained campaign of harassment" against him
- A new report is recommending that the Jumbo Water Tower in Colchester should become a public monument, with visitor attractions or a high-level restaurant
Welcome to Wednesday's live page for Essexpublished at 08:00
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
Good morning, and welcome to Wednesday's live page for Essex.
We'll be here until 18:00 with the latest news for the county.
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