Stuart Woodward
BBC Essex
The girlfriend of Kieran Milledge had to move because of death threats she had received after the CCTV appeal was released earlier this week, Chelmsford Magistrates' Court has heard.
Prosecutor Lesley Chipps said the 22-year-old defendant was "very upset and distraught that he was involved".
Magistrates have retired from court to consider a sentence.
Stuart Woodward
BBC Essex
Kieran Milledge beat his dog over a 20 minute period with his hands, knees and feet, Chelmsford Magistrates' Court has been told.
The animal, who was called Ronnie, appeared to lose consciousness during the attack and died three days after the incident, prosecutor Lesley Chipps said.
Following Milledge's admission, magistrates were told the 22-year-old repeatedly swung the dog into the side of the train, and was pictured throwing Ronnie 6ft along the aisle of the carriage.
Stuart Woodward
BBC Essex
Appearing in a grey long sleeved t-shirt, Kieran Milledge expressed no emotion as he sat in the dock listening to a list of the facts about his case.
A 22-year-old man has admitted beating his dog on a train as it travelled between Braintree and Witham last month.
Image source, British Transport PoliceAppearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court, Kieran Milledge of no fixed address pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
Milledge also admitted a second charge of possessing an offensive weapon - a knife.
A 22-year-old man has just pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court.
More follows.
Stuart Woodward
BBC Essex
I'm at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court awaiting the appearance of a 22-year-old man who has been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
It's after CCTV showed a dog being beaten on a train between Braintree and Witham last month.
Kieran Milledge, 22, of no fixed address, is due to appear this morning. We'll bring you further updates as we get them.
We brought you news earlier of an operation to move 7,000 fish from one part of the River Stour in Sudbury to another, as they'd become stranded away from the main channel of the river, when water levels dropped.
The Environment Agency has just sent us this photograph:
Image source, Environment AgencyDriving down the avenue of trees towards Helmingham Hal, externall, to visit his relative Lord Tollemache, in last night's Who Do You Think You Are, EastEnders actor Danny Dyer was heard to say: "The size of this gaff's ridiculous".
Meeting Lord Tollemache, and having been given permission to "call him Tim, as we're related", Danny, who was brought up in east London and now lives in Essex, was taken to the local church, where he saw a monument to Lionel Tollemache, his 12-times great-grandfather:
An Essex conman who tricked former England and West Ham manager Sam Allardyce and striker Andy Carroll out of thousands of pounds is due to be sentenced today.
Image source, Met PoliceStephen Ackerman, 48, from Loughton, was found guilty of 18 counts of fraud totalling more than £60,000 following a trial earlier this month.
He visited West Ham football club's training ground to sell players and backroom staff luxury Christmas hampers in December 2014 which were never delivered.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard £13,270 was taken from Mr Allardyce.
A man has been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal after a dog was beaten on an Essex train.
Image source, British Transport PoliceKieran Milledge, 22, of no fixed address, has also been charged with possessing an offensive weapon and will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court this morning, said British Transport Police.
CCTV footage released by police showed a man causing harm to a dog on a train between Braintree and Witham on 10 October.
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Read MoreA man has been charged with causing unnecessary animal suffering after a dog was beaten on a train between Braintree and Witham last month.
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Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested after a 19-year-old man was stabbed on the forecourt of a petrol station in Ongar, police say.
Image source, Everything Epping ForestThe victim, who is from Brentwood, is also to believed to have been sprayed with tear gas and suffered facial injuries following the incident in High Street on Tuesday evening.
The teenagers were arrested yesterday on suspicion of GBH and have since been released on police bail until November.
Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of GBH after a 19-year-old man suffered facial injuries following a stabbing at the Tesco Express petrol station in Ongar earlier this week.
More to follow.
The Environment Agency has been describing how it's managed to move about 7,000 fish from one part of the River Stour at Sudbury, to another part.
Water levels in the river had been affected by heavy rain from Storm Angus, external, leading to a control gate becoming stuck because of the amount of debris underneath it. This had led to a drop in water levels in part of the river.
James Mason from the agency, says local canoe and rowing clubs, as well as local anglers, helped them "not only locate the stranded population of fish along the Stour" but also helped rescue them.
He said they use a method known as "electro-fishing, external", which is harmless to the fish: "We stun the fish, they then float to the surface, we put them in tanks then we locate them back to the main channel where they're able to swim away and find refuge."
If attempts to free the gate today fail, they'll bring in specialist divers next week.
Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live
A team from the Environment Agency will resume efforts to deal with the low level of the River Stour near Sudbury.
They were first made aware of the problems when a member of the public contacted them on Wednesday afternoon, saying that water levels around Great Cornard were unusually low.
They've had to move more than 7,000 fish from a stretch of the river while work is carried out - we'll tell you how they did it shortly.
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Border Force officials say the £50m cocaine haul was the largest found in DP World's history.
Quote MessageThis was a substantial find, the biggest we have made here in the port’s short history, and it will have significantly disrupted the activity of the criminal parties involved."
Mark Kennedy, Border Force Assistant Director at DP World London Gateway
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It's a cooler start to what's going to be a bright and breezy day today.
There'll be a lot more in the way of sunshine, but we've still got that chilly and quite blustery north-easterly wind.
You'll feel that particularly towards coastal areas, where you'll have to factor in quite a bit of wind chill into today's temperatures, despite the sunshine.
Highs of 9C (48F).
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