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"An intrepid moggy" is captured on camera in "hot pursuit" of a rat through a drainage tunnel.

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Goodbye from the Essex Live team for another week. We'll be back with all your live news, weather, travel and sport from 08:00 on Monday.

Before we go, here's a quick look at some of the stories making our headlines today:

• A man who assaulted a police officer and hijacked a patrol car is jailed
• Shortage of GPs prompts recruitment drive in schools
• Police release images after shooting at a boxing event.

Scroll down for the full details... and have a great weekend.

A real-life underground game of cat and "mouse" was captured on CCTV as road workers repaired a drainage tunnel.

Image source, Highways England

Image source, Highways England

Highways England was working on the drainage off the A120 at Wix, near Manningtree.

Workers ran a camera down to check for any problems and to ensure everything had gone smoothly.

The camera picked up a large rat heading down one of the drains - with a cat in hot pursuit.

Site supervisor Jason Appleton said: "Sometimes we see rats going down the drains, but it’s the first time we’ve ever seen an intrepid moggy in hot pursuit.

"It was like an episode of Tom and Jerry live."

The cat was later spotted leaving the drainage system, apparently foiled, much like the real Tom & Jerry.

Image source, Highways England

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

A mostly cloudy night, with some outbreaks of patchy rain and drizzle across the BBC East region.

Temperatures falling to 7C (45F).

It's a mixed bag of weather for the region tomorrow.

Some parts will remain cloudy with further outbreak of patchy rain - and other areas could have a mainly dry day with sunny intervals.

Winds will ease, with temperatures reaching 14C (57F).

BBC Weather has more details for where you live.

The national shortage of GPs has prompted a NHS commissioning group to think long-term about encouraging students into working in medicine. 

Local doctors across south east Essex have been touring schools in a bid to encourage students to consider a career as a GP. 

Tricia D’Orsi, chief nurse at NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group, said: "We are keen to encourage students to consider careers in general practice – this includes GPs and nurses. 

"We hope that students may be inspired by real-life stories of local GPs and nurses to become the GPs and nurses of the future."

Image source, NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG

Last night over 100 students attended an event headed up by Dr Mike Saad, who works at Wakering Medical Centre, who gave a talk on his role. 

He said: "It’s fair to say the work can be hard, the hours may be long, but knowing that you can change and improve people's lives is very rewarding.

"Every day is different. You simply never know what you will be dealing with next. It could be a headache that won’t go away, a chest infection, a schizophrenic breakdown, a pregnancy or a child with breathing difficulties.  

"It’s time to raise the profile of primary care and the vital role that it plays as part of our community.

"Many GPs are approaching retirement and we are looking for a new generation of doctors to take the reins.”

A police officer has been sacked for misleading an investigation after a woman was punched and knocked unconscious.

Image source, Google

An independently-chaired misconduct panel heard PC Alan Conran, of Essex Police, had been called to reports of two women being racially abused by a group of men in Bond Street, Chelmsford, on 14 December 2014.

The panel was told PC Conran failed to "adequately investigate" the allegation and "deliberately misled" colleagues during the investigation.

As a result, an offender was convicted for assault, but "the true impact of the racial abuse which may have aggravated the assault was not brought before the court".

PC Conran, who is based at Chelmsford police station, was dismissed for gross misconduct. 

Essex Police, external  Ch Supt Luke Collison said: "Public trust in policing depends on the honesty and integrity of police officers being beyond reproach. 

"Officers make mistakes and we must always ensure that they and the force learn from them. 

"However, PC Conran’s conduct fell well below the standard the public expects and amounts to gross misconduct. In such cases dismissal is a regrettably a necessary sanction."

Dan Holley
BBC Look East weather

The Spring Equinox marks the start of astronomical Spring - and that's on Monday.

But today's the Spring Equilux.

Confused? This tweet explains:

A motorist who attacked a police officer before stealing his patrol car is jailed.

The boy sustained life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a Renault Megane on a suburban street.

A man has been jailed for assaulting a police officer whose car was taken with a police dog in the back.

Image source, Google

The attack happened in Chigwell, Essex, on 31 October when the officer  tried to breathalyse a driver . 

Tony Turner, 36, of Vincent Road, Dagenham, was charged with a number of offences including assault and aggravated vehicle-taking. 

He was imprisoned for 30 months at Chelmsford Crown Court. 

Turner was given 18 months in prison for occasioning actual bodily harm plus 12 months for possessing identity documents with intent. 

The judge sentenced him to 15 months' imprisonment for aggravated vehicle-taking to run concurrently. 

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

Two people have been charged with causing the death of a Leicestershire woman by dangerous driving in Essex.

Laura Cooper was a passenger in a car that was involved in a collision with a lorry on the M25 in Waltham Abbey in March last year. Another passenger in the car was also injured.

A 62-year-old lorry driver from Telford was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. 

A 32-year-old woman from London was charged with the same offences as well as causing death by careless driving while with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit. 

Both are due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on 12 April.