Updates on Thursday, 19 May 2016
Nick Alexander, from Colchester, who died in the Paris terror attacks in November was "unlawfully killed", rules coroner
Mr Alexander, 35, was shot in the abdomen and chest in the Bataclan nightclub, Chelmsford Coroner's Court heard
"Nick told me he had been shot in the stomach," his girlfriend Helen Wilson, who was with him at the venue, told the inquest in written evidence
He was selling band merchandise for Eagles of Death Metal when he was killed at the concert venue
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Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather
It will turn cloudier as a band of patchy rain and drizzle moves in from the west.
Becoming drier later in the night. Minimum temperature 9C (48F).
Friday outlook: After a dry and bright start it will turn cloudy from the west, with the risk of isolated showers.
Maximum temperature 19C (68F). More from BBC Weather.
Jodie Smith
BBC News
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
During an Independent Police Complaints Commission interview, a civilian intelligence officer said she was overworked and was told to drop Operation Spade, the Canadian intelligence source.
"I sent an email in February saying that I was sinking. They don't often get emails like that from me which shows I was struggling and although I tried my utmost to get through all the packages I could, something had to give.
"In a way it was a bit of a relief (dropping Operation Spade), that decision was not mine, it had been made for me," she concluded.
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
Essex Police had earlier investigated paedophile teacher Martin Goldberg, but were denied a warrant to search his home by magistrates.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission also investigated a complaint about how officers questioned Mr Goldberg without arresting him.
The investigation found there was not sufficient evidence that the visit was inappropriate in the absence of a search warrant, and that officers could not have predicted the events that followed.
Essex Police says it accepts in full the findings of the Independent Police Complaints Commission's investigation in to the force's response to information about paedophile teacher Martin Goldberg.
A statement said: "Once risks had been identified the force acted with speed and professionalism, but has recommended a series of 'operational learning' points for the force to address procedural failings."
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
Laura Stephens has built up more race experience by swimming a personal best to qualify for the semi-finals of the 100m fly at the European Swimming Championships in London.
Image source, PAThe 16-year-old, who used to be based at Colchester Swimming Club, achieved a time of 59.27 seconds in the race.
Now a Plymouth Leander swimmer, she was the youngest in the field, and came in seventh.
BBC Travel
A train fault has led to a number of cancellations on the route between Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street, Abellio Greater Anglia reports.
More from Abellio Greater Anglia, external:
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
After a tip-off from Canadian investigators, Essex Police took eight months to follow it up allowing long serving paedophile teacher Martin Goldberg to continue offending.
Images of boys undressing at Thorpe Hall School in Southend and at a leisure centre were found on a computer owned by Goldberg, 46, who had taught at the school for 23 years.
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
Essex's Police and Crime Commissioner said his force's failure to act on a tip-off that a long-serving Southend teacher was a paedophile was "regrettable".
Roger Hirst said: "The eight-month delay from Essex Police receiving the Canadian intelligence to identifying the risk that Goldberg posed through his access to children in the workplace is particularly regrettable, especially since the IPCC finds that Goldberg continued to make covert images of children during this period."
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
Here are the main findings in the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation into the Martin Goldberg case:
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
The Independent Police Complains Commission (IPCC) has recommended that Essex Police improve their procedures to avoid paedophiles like Southend teacher Martin Goldberg slipping through their net.
IPCC Commissioner Mary Cunneen said: "My first thoughts are with Mr Goldberg's victims and their families. They have been let down by the failures of Essex Police.
"We have made strong recommendations to the force about improvements to their policies and procedures that must be made to ensure that mistakes of this nature are not made in the future."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission found Essex Police did not have procedures in place to check if individuals worked with children after receiving intelligence about them.
"Although the force acted once it knew Mr Goldberg worked in a school, this was eight months after the intelligence had been received," the IPCC said.
The force did not carry out a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check when the intelligence was first received, the report says.
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
Martin Goldberg's name was on a list of people who had bought online DVDs and videos, some of which showed graphic images of children, passed on to UK authorities by Toronto Police in 2012.
The information was given to Essex Police in November 2013.
The force's officers first visited Mr Goldberg in September 2014 - he was found dead the following day.
A lack of staff led to delays in police identifying a teacher found to have indecent photos of pupils as a risk to children, a report says.
Information passed to Essex Police about deputy head Martin Goldberg, 46, was not acted on for eight months.
Images of boys undressing at his school and in a leisure centre were found when police searched his computer.
An investigation found "high workloads" and "low staffing" led to a delay in realising he worked at a school.
A lack of staff led to delays in Essex Police identifying a teacher found to have indecent photos of pupils as a risk to children, a report says.
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
A hospital has called for more volunteers to help patients who spend long periods alone and never receive visitors.
Colchester General Hospital said it was a problem affecting elderly and vulnerable patients. Some have said staff do not have time to chat.
Debbie Farthing, Macmillan information and support manager at the hospital, said volunteers found that "in general terms [patients] were happy with the clinical care.
"However, they were disappointed that the staff didn't always have enough time to sit and talk to them, and some patients do not receive any visitors at all."
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
Gaffer tape that could have formed a "face mask" were found near the remains of a homeless woman from Essex found on Foulness Island nearly two years ago, police have revealed.
Image source, Essex PoliceThe remains were found to belong to Angela Millington, who lived on the streets in the centre of Southend, and were discovered on the island in June 2014 but were not identified until a month later.
Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett said: "We still don't know how she died. We've got only skeletal remains, what was found near her was a mask of gaffer tape around her face."
Police have released the clue in a bid to make progress on the case.
Nick Alliker
BBC Essex
A look now at some of the other stories in Essex today - and a large waste heap blaze near Saffron Walden started accidentally, firefighters say.
Image source, Essex County Fire and RescueEmergency crews were called to the scene, in Hollow Road in Widdington, just before 03:00.
At its height, 40 firefighters were dealing with the flames but there were no reports of any injuries.
Following the inquest into Nick Alexander's death, his sister Zoe thanked all those who have "supported us over the last six month", including the French and British authorities and the media for respecting the family's privacy.
Image source, Press Association"Our continued thoughts are with the many other families who also lost their loved ones that night in Paris," added Zoe Alexander.