Good morning and welcome to Essex Livepublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February 2017
Patrick Byrne
BBC News
Morning! And welcome to today's Essex Live page on a bright but cold morning - for the first time since last year I arrived at work in the light.
We'll bring you the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from now right through until 18:00 this evening.
Here are some stories we will be covering:
- Man appeared before Chelmsford magistrates charged with attemtped murder over a stabbing in January
- Well behaved pupils at a Canvey school go home early but a union calls scheme "detention" for others
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