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. 'It's lots of fun to feel the air underneath you'published at 11:34 British Summer Time 5 September 2020

    Take to the water - meet the three siblings called up to join the Great Britain water skiing squad.

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  2. Southend sign Cherries defender Hobsonpublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 5 September 2020

    League Two side Southend United sign defender Shaun Hobson from AFC Bournemouth on a one-year contract.

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  3. Council 'sorry' as energy company collapsespublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 4 September 2020

    The council leader admits selling the customer base will not make back the millions it invested.

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  4. Taylor-Crossdale joins Colchester on loanpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 4 September 2020

    Colchester United sign Fulham striker Martell Taylor-Crossdale on a season-long loan.

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  5. A120 closed after immigration offence arrestspublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 4 September 2020

    The A120 at Great Dunmow was temporarily shut in both directions in the morning.

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  6. Four soldiers test positive for virus at barrackspublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 4 September 2020

    The soldiers are self-isolating and Covid-19 contact tracing procedures are being carried out.

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  7. Cricket fans return at The Ovalpublished at 22:30 British Summer Time 3 September 2020

    Supporters attend a competitive cricket match for the first time this season, with 2,500 allowed inside The Oval for the T20 Blast.

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  8. 'Jumbo' water tower gets £20k preservation grantpublished at 14:03 British Summer Time 3 September 2020

    Historic England grants £20,000 to fund an inquiry into Colchester water tower's wear and tear.

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  9. Relive Sunday's Bob Willis Trophy actionpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 3 September 2020

    Relive Sunday's Bob Willis Trophy action, including a half-century for Warwickshire's Ian Bell in his final first-class match.

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  10. Listen: T20 Blast - Surrey v Middlesexpublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 3 September 2020

    Surrey host Middlesex after Kent Spitfires earlier beat Essex Eagles by 29 runs - listen to BBC Radio commentary.

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  11. Steelbacks maintain fine start in Blastpublished at 23:05 British Summer Time 1 September 2020

    Northamptonshire beat Birmingham Bears to claim a third straight victory, while Somerset, Hampshire, Sussex and Kent all win in the T20 Blast.

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  12. Arrests as Extinction Rebellion protests beginpublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 1 September 2020

    Protesters block a road near Parliament and are planning a "walk of shame" near the Bank of England.

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  13. Listen: T20 Blast commentaries - Foakes, Burns & Topley in actionpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 1 September 2020

    Listen to BBC local radio commentary as Surrey host Hampshire in front of 2,500 members as part of crowd experiment, plus Middlesex v Essex & Northants v Glamorgan.

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  14. Men held over plane 'security threat' releasedpublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 31 August 2020

    Counter-terror officers say an object found in the plane's toilet "was found not to be of concern".

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  15. Attempted murder charge after stabbingpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 31 August 2020

    The man was stabbed five times at an address in Basildon on 23 August, police say.

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  16. Five arrests after 500-strong forest ravepublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 31 August 2020

    Police issued all five people with £100 fines after the unlicensed music event in Norfolk.

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  17. Forest rave broken up as new rules come into forcepublished at 22:42 British Summer Time 30 August 2020

    As new powers against illegal gatherings begin, equipment worth thousands of pounds is seized.

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  18. Root hits 64 in winning Yorkshire returnpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 30 August 2020

    Joe Root scores a fifty on his return for Yorkshire Vikings, while Surrey and Essex share another tie in the T20 Blast.

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  19. Industrial building destroyed by major blazepublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 30 August 2020

    The fire service said there had also been a "molten syrup" leak from the building.

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  20. Children 'up to their necks in water' rescuedpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 29 August 2020

    The coastguard issues a warning after they got into difficulty coming back from Mulberry Harbour.

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