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. Carlisle United 2-0 Southend Unitedpublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Carlisle United score twice in three first-half minutes to heap more misery on financially-stricken Southend United.

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  2. More Afghan interpreters eligible to settle in UKpublished at 00:04 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    A rule change means about 100 more of those who served with British forces will be able to live in the UK.

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  3. Kent reach T20 Blast quarter-finalspublished at 22:33 British Summer Time 18 September 2020

    Kent become the latest side to qualify for the T20 Blast quarter-finals as others keep their last-eight hopes alive.

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  4. National League test events approvedpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 18 September 2020

    The National League receives approval to stage test events allowing up to 1,000 people to attend friendly games in September.

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  5. Southend re-sign McCormack & add Akinolapublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    League Two side Southend United strengthen their attack by signing Simeon Akinola from Barnet on a two-year deal.

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  6. Report identifies Strep A outbreak failingspublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    The independent report says there was no single source of transmission leading to the 15 deaths.

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  7. Listen: T20 Blastpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    Listen to live BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC local radio commentaries on eight matches in the T20 Blast.

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  8. Rail replacements 'humiliating' disabled peoplepublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    Rules on accessible buses come into force at the end of year but operators say there are not enough.

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  9. Woman dies after being hit by buspublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    The bus driver is assisting police with its inquiries, Essex Police said.

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  10. PM: Speak to rule-breakers before calling policepublished at 01:47 British Summer Time 17 September 2020

    Boris Johnson says he is not a fan of "sneak culture" over his new rule banning gatherings larger than six.

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  11. Babar ton boosts Somerset as Surrey qualifypublished at 22:34 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    A Babar Azam century fuels Somerset's late T20 Blast bid, while holders Essex keep their faint hopes alive and there are also wins for Surrey, Middlesex and Durham.

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  12. 'Large' queues build at Covid-19 testing centrepublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    Many people have been going to a test centre in Southend without an appointment, a councillor says.

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  13. Long queues form outside Covid-19 test centrepublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    A council has urged people only to turn up at the walk-through facility if they have an appointment.

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  14. Southend get more time to pay HMRC debtpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    Southend United are given more time to clear tax debts after a winding-up petition is adjourned for a fourth time.

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  15. The Mayflower ship that never set sailpublished at 01:49 British Summer Time 16 September 2020

    How plans for a replica of one of England's most famous ships became a railway museum instead.

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  16. Paddleboarder reunited with Go-Pro lost in the seapublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 15 September 2020

    A Cornish metal detectorist tracks down the paddleboarder in Essex who lost the camera six weeks ago.

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  17. Travellers moved on despite injunction expirypublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 15 September 2020

    A court ruling protecting 320 sites in a town from unauthorised caravan encampments ended this year.

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  18. Sentences to double for attacks on emergency staffpublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 15 September 2020

    New laws will increase maximum jail terms for assaults on front-line workers to two years.

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  19. Four jailed in Vietnam over migrant lorry deathspublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 15 September 2020

    The defendants were paid $22,000 by one victim for the illegal journey to Britain, state media report.

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  20. Patel challenged on testing delayspublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 15 September 2020

    Home Secretary Priti Patel has said delays in testing for the public are "unacceptable".

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