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. Four for Stone as Bears stifle Essexpublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 22 April 2021

    Warwickshire pacemen Olly Stone and Oliver Hannon-Dalby take four wickets each to help bowl out red-ball kings Essex for 295 at Edgbaston.

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  2. Relive day two of the County Championship as it happenedpublished at 18:53 British Summer Time 22 April 2021

    Relive day two of the County Championship as Joe Root fails for the second time in Yorkshire's game at Sussex.

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  3. Relive day one of the County Championship as it happenedpublished at 20:56 British Summer Time 21 April 2021

    Relive day one of the County Championship as Joe Root falls for just five and Yorkshire are bowled out for 150 at Sussex.

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  4. Colchester United 2-0 Southend Unitedpublished at 21:41 British Summer Time 20 April 2021

    Colchester take a huge step towards League Two safety and push rivals Southend closer to relegation after winning the Essex derby.

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  5. Dad died after 'being restrained in Pontins row'published at 17:19 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Paul Reynolds was handcuffed after an argument at a holiday park "escalated", an inquest hears.

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  6. Brown ready for 'biggest Southend game'published at 16:09 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Southend boss Phil Brown says their League Two game at relegation rivals Colchester is 'probably the biggest' in the club's history.

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  7. Facebook encryption ‘must not cause children harm’published at 15:45 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    The Home Secretary criticises Facebook's privacy plan for its apps in a speech on child protection.

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  8. US neo-Nazi group should be banned in UK - Patelpublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 19 April 2021

    Atomwaffen Division have been cited as influencing British teenagers convicted of terror offences.

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  9. Robinson takes nine and Bresnan shinespublished at 19:35 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Seven sides complete victories on the final day of the second round of the County Championship.

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  10. Harmer bowls Essex to win over Durhampublished at 13:03 British Summer Time 18 April 2021

    Simon Harmer takes Essex to an unlikely 44-run win as Durham collapse on the final morning at Chelmsford.

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  11. Relive wins for Essex, Glos & Lancs in the County Championshippublished at 21:24 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Relive final-day victories for Essex, Gloucestershire and Lancashire in the County Championship.

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  12. Double century for Pope, ton for Rootpublished at 21:06 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    England's Ollie Pope completes a Championship double century, as Yorkshire duo Joe Root and Adam Lyth and Glamorgan's Kiran Carlson hit tons.

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  13. Colchester United 2-1 Walsallpublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Colchester boost their hopes of securing League Two survival with a vital 2-1 win over visitors Walsall.

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  14. Durham favourites despite Essex fightbackpublished at 19:04 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Durham need 108 more runs to beat Essex with seven wickets in hand after a rollercoaster day three at Chelmsford.

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  15. Exeter City 0-0 Southend Unitedpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Exeter and Southend play out a goalless draw that helps neither in their battles at each end of the League Two table.

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  16. Abbas steals the show on bowlers' daypublished at 21:27 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Bowlers come to the party with some fine performances on the second day of the latest round of the County Championship.

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  17. Relive day three of nine County Championship matchespublished at 19:39 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Relive day three of nine County Championship matches, as England's Ollie Pope and Joe Root both score big runs.

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  18. Tail puts Durham on top as Essex toilpublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Essex hold a slender lead with just four second-innings wickets in hand as Durham take charge on day two at Chelmsford.

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  19. Relive day two of nine County Championship matchespublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Relive day two of nine County Championship matches, including James Bracey's century for Gloucestershire against Somerset.

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  20. Essex humbled while Stevens rolls onpublished at 20:42 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Wickets aplenty fall on the first day at Chelmsford but runs continue to flow for batsmen around the County Championship.

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