Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 24 March, 2017

  • Murder inquiry arrest as man dies two days after brain injury

  • Appeal over missing boy of 13 from Frinton

  • Essex's McFly star pops into school for Comic Relief

  • Refuse collectors find snakes in rubbish in Chelmsford

  • Planning inspector says 350 can be built in Braintree

  1. Harlow is 'open place' for Polespublished at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2017

    Six months after Polish man Arkadiusz Jozwik was killed in Harlow, the Polish ambassador praises its openness.

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  2. Chemical cloud bungle injures eightpublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2017

    A mistake in mixing chemicals at a leisure centre results in eight people needing treatment.

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  3. Tunnel CCTV captures cat pursuing ratpublished at 12:31 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2017

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

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  4. Tuesday's non-league actionpublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2017

    Listen to live BBC local radio commentary from Tuesday's action in the National League and National League North.

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  5. Model deal for girl with Down's syndromepublished at 00:31 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2017

    A two-year-old toddler with Down's syndrome has been chosen as one of the new faces of Matalan.

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  6. Mural created after death of Polish manpublished at 20:09 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2017

    A large-scale piece of art is to go on display to celebrate a town's diversity.

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