Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 2 September 2016
That's all for regular updates here from the BBC Essex team until 08:00 on Monday, unless a major story breaks.
Today we covered the news of tributes paid to a 13-year-old boy from Colchester who who was swept by the sea while in Bologne in France.
We also reported that 12 men had appeared at Southend Magistrates' Court charged with violent disorder after an attack on Cambridge United supporter Simon Dobbin last year.
Take a scroll down the page for a full catch-up on the day's news in Essex.