Summary

  • Updates for Friday 3 February 2017

  • Colchester and Ipswich hospitals consider possible full merger

  • Dirty white van delivers Ed Sheeran to Essex flower shop

  • Prisoner's family renew calls for government apology

  • Police search for driver who didn't stop after hitting four-year-old boy

  • Ex-teacher remembers young Lampard's 'wow' moment

  1. Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Southend Unitedpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Southend remain rooted to the bottom of League Two after goals from Peter Clarke and James Vaughan earn Tranmere victory.

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  2. Colchester United 2-1 Harrogate Townpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Colchester record back-to-back wins for the first time this season to end Harrogate's three-match winning run in League Two.

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  3. Club honours fan who died after hooligan attackpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    Cambridge United holds a minute's silence in memory of Simon Dobbin.

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  4. Boy's lockdown art project ends up in gallerypublished at 11:22 British Summer Time 24 October 2020

    More than 250 artists from across the world came forward to help 12-year-old Noah finish the paintings.

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  5. Woman 'saw migrants get in lorry before deaths'published at 18:24 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Nine people were seen in France a day before 39 migrants were found dead in the lorry, a court hears.

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  6. Bowden steps down as Essex CEOpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    Essex chief executive Derek Bowden steps down after seven years in his role at Chelmsford.

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  7. Memorial for 39 people who suffocated in lorrypublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    The event is being held in Hackney, exactly a year after the men, women and teenagers were found suffocated.

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  8. Migrants 'being detained in unfit conditions'published at 00:02 British Summer Time 23 October 2020

    So far, some 7,444 migrants have crossed in boats during 2020 - the third annual jump in arrivals.

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  9. Migrant 'paid £13k for VIP smuggling trip'published at 17:40 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    A Vietnamese migrant tells a court he used the same route into the UK as 39 migrants who died.

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  10. Youth zone plans for Basildon car parkpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    Basildon Council is putting the plans to consultation after agreeing to acquire the land.

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  11. Wedding refunds 'caused so much stress and drama'published at 11:28 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    Couples who postponed weddings during the pandemic tell of their battles to get their deposits back.

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  12. 'Baby sharks' rescued from shallow waterpublished at 08:25 British Summer Time 22 October 2020

    "It's a fish really getting itself into somewhere that it's not designed to be," says rescue team.

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  13. Football fan dies five years after hooligan attackpublished at 21:51 British Summer Time 21 October 2020

    Simon Dobbin was left brain-damaged in the assault after a match in Southend in 2015.

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  14. Damaged macaroon boxes raised smuggling suspicionspublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 21 October 2020

    Dirty footprints were spotted in a shipment days before the 39 migrants died in a lorry, a court hears.

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  15. 'I was told I had Covid-19 without taking a test'published at 15:35 British Summer Time 21 October 2020

    Alex Weedon says his details had been confused with two other people with the same first name.

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  16. UK policy for removing migrants ruled unlawfulpublished at 13:57 British Summer Time 21 October 2020

    The Court of Appeal says the Home Office risked removing people who had a right to be in the country.

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  17. Salford City 3-0 Southend Unitedpublished at 22:20 British Summer Time 20 October 2020

    Paul Scholes wins for the first time since taking interim charge of Salford City as they beat struggling Southend United.

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  18. Tunnel checks foiled earlier migrant crossing bidpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 20 October 2020

    The Old Bailey hears smugglers made fatal decision to "double up" cargo after an earlier bid failed.

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  19. Colchester United 1-0 Forest Green Roverspublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 20 October 2020

    Colchester return to winning ways with a hard-earned 1-0 victory to end Forest Green's unbeaten League Two record.

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  20. Murder victim was 'smiley, charismatic young man'published at 11:41 British Summer Time 20 October 2020

    The family of Tamba Momodou say it will be hard to come to terms with his death.

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