BBC Weather

It will be a fine and dry afternoon for most with long sunny spells and it'll feel warm in the sunshine. 

However, murky conditions may cling to the coast in places like Clacton-on-Sea. 

Later on, after a dry start to the evening, cloud will gradually increase and outbreaks of rain will arrive through the early hours.

For a full forecast for where you live, have a look at the BBC Weather website.

Video footage has emerged of the moment a car mounted the pavement in Brentwood, during a brawl outside the Sugar Hut nightclub.

The venue often features in reality television show The Only Way Is Essex.

Three people were injured in the incident, which happened at about 03:10 on Sunday. 

An appeal has been launched for witnesses or anyone with footage to contact police.  

East Anglian Daily Times

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A Brentwood councillor says he's "extremely concerned" that a car was driven at a group of people during a disturbance outside the Sugar Hut nightclub  over the weekend. 

Two men and a woman were seriously injured, and are now being treated in hospital. 

The venue is a regular haunt in the reality TV show The Only Way Is Essex, external .

"That's a real step up in terms of violence," Liberal Democrat Philip Mynott said of the use of the car. 

"Somebody using an ordinary piece of equipment which is part of everyday life in a way which is so hostile.

"I've heard a lot of people in Brentwood saying they don't come into the centre of town because of the fear of something kicking off.

"There's a more low-level background sense of animosity or potential violence." 

Simon Dedman
BBC Essex political reporter

The former Conservative leader of Tendring District Council, who has been approached to stand as UKIP's parliamentary candidate after its sitting MP Douglas Carswell quit the party, says he is "flattered" by the offer.

Peter Halliday's name was put in the frame by local councillor and UKIP member Joy Broderick, who wrote this in an email to party members seen by the BBC: "Everybody in the area knows, respects and trusts Mr Halliday, all qualities Mr Carswell totally lacks."

Last Saturday, Mr Carswell - UKIP's only MP - announced he was leaving the party and continuing on as Clacton MP as an independent. 

Mr Halliday, who is not a member of UKIP, said: "It's flattering to be courted by UKIP, it's not the first approach I have had to stand for the party… it's not something I'm considering at this moment in time."

A warning if you're heading towards the M25 this morning - there's been an accident on the anti-clockwise carriageway between junction 27 for the M11, and junction 26 for Waltham Abbey.

Traffic is queuing for five miles and one lane is closed. Fog is also affecting the area.

Simon Dedman
BBC Essex political reporter

UKIP members in Clacton were searching for a new parliamentary candidate to replace Douglas Carswell in the weeks running up to the party's only MP quitting and becoming an independent , it has been revealed.

BBC Essex has seen an email exchange from early March suggesting the former Conservative leader of Tendring District Council, Peter Halliday, should be UKIP's parliamentary candidate for the Clacton constituency.

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"I was blissfully unaware of all of this," Mr Carswell said. "Now that we've achieved our objective of getting back control of our country, who cares about such shenanigans?

"My focus is 100% local. That said, your exposure of this in-fighting might give folk some idea of what I've left behind when quitting UKIP."

Georgina Burnett
BBC Weather

There's some decent sunshine on the way after the fog lifts from across the region.

Temperatures getting up to about 16C (61F) unless you're on the coast, where they'll struggle to get out of single figures.

Watch my full regional forecast here: 

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Good morning from your Essex Live team, and welcome to a new week of live coverage for the county. 

Until 18:00 we'll bring you the news, sport, travel and weather updates as we get them. 

High on the agenda today are these stories: 

• UKIP in Clacton were plotting to replace MP Douglas Carswell weeks before he quit, it's revealed
• Police appeal for mobile phone footage of a brawl outside Brentwood's Towie nightclub that left three people injured
• An online campaign to persuade pregnant women in Essex to stop smoking is launched today

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A BBC Weather Watcher has been out early on today's misty morning and caught a picture of the heavy dew garlanding garden plants.

Georgina Burnett will be along shortly with her take on the weather that promises to be sunny after the mist has cleared later.

Three people are struck by a car during a fight outside The Only Way is Essex's Sugar Hut club.

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