Nick Alliker
BBC Essex

A 31-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was found with a stab wound to the chest at a property in Grays.

Essex Police say officers were called to Worthing Close on Sunday lunchtime where they found the injured woman, belived to be in her twenties.

She's being treated for serious injuries at a hospital in London.

Samantha Dalton
BBC Essex

This morning we're looking at how BBC Essex exclusively obtained a copy of a confidential report into the conduct of the county's chief fire officer David Johnson - which has found no evidence of misconduct.

David Johnson was suspended from his role in April 2015.

The report, commissioned by the Essex Fire Authority, external (the body, made up of councillors, which is reponsible for the fire service), revealed Mr Johnson was suspended on the back of 11 allegations, one of which was dropped. They include:

• Staying in luxury accommodation during the annual fire conference in Cardiff, against the verbal instruction of the chairman of the fire authority
• Failing to give adequate notice of an annual leave booking, and was frequently absent from work
• Inflaming a dispute with the Fire Brigades Union by issuing a press release ahead of strike action just before Christmas 2013

 A Freedom of Information request by BBC News has revealed Essex County Fire and Rescue has so far paid out more than £600,000 in salary costs associated with his suspension.

Craig Thomson of the Fire Officers' Association, external has said the 21-month suspension of a senior fire officer was "unprecedented".

Mr Johnson's future was discussed at the meeting of the Fire Authority's HR committee in November, but no public update to his suspension has been released.

Samantha Dalton
BBC Essex

No evidence of misconduct has been found against a chief fire officer suspended on full pay for nearly two years, it has emerged.

David Johnson was suspended from his role as Essex's chief fire officer in April 2015.

A confidential Essex Fire Authority report obtained by the BBC shows Mr Johnson faces 10 allegations.

However, report author Naomi Ellenbogen QC found no evidence of "misconduct or gross misconduct".

We are asking the fire authority for comment.

Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather

A cold and frosty start to the day, with a widespread frost and fog across the BBC East region.

With a risk of some of the fog freezing, leading to difficult driving conditions, the Met Office has issued a yellow warning, external for parts of Bedfordshire and Essex.

There will be some bright spells, but it will feel very cold.

Temperatures reaching a high of 4C (39F).

BBC Weather has more details for you.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Good morning and welcome back to the live page for Essex where we'll bring you all the news, sport, weather and travel as they happen until 18:00.

Today, we'll be looking at a confidential report, exclusively obtained by BBC Essex, which shows that no evidence of misconduct has been found against a chief fire officer suspended on full pay for nearly two years.

But first, there'll be a full regional weather forecast from Kate Kinsella.

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National League title-chasers Forest Green lose further ground on leaders Lincoln City after a 1-1 draw at home to Braintree.

Southend United's game against Bolton Wanderers in League One is called off because of a frozen pitch.

A decades-old Morris dancing group says it desperately needs "fit, mildly eccentric men" to join in order to keep going.

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