Patrick Byrne
BBC News

That's it from the Essex Live team today so goodbye and have a good evening.

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow, bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather updates as they happen. 

Today has been dominated by the re-opening of Danielle Jones murder investigation after her uncle was jailed for life 15 years ago for her kidnap and killing.

Police hope to find her remains in a garage area which was not searched in the original investigation.

Scroll down to see this and other stories, which also includes the aftermath of the NHS cyber attack which affected two hospitals in the county.

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Grant Gowers, from Clacton, says the NHS is struggling without the additional burden of a Friday's ransom demand from cyber hackers.

He is angry and upset that a biopsy for a prostate condition was cancelled on Saturday because Colchester Hospital, external's computers were shut down.

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

It'll be a largely dry night across the BBC East region but there'll also be some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle in places.

It’ll be very mild and humid with temperatures in some parts no lower than 15C (59F).

Tuesday is likely to be a rather cloudy, especially in the west, with further outbreaks of showery rain. 

The best of any brightness is likely in the east of the region. 

There’ll be a light to moderate south to south-westerly wind and temperatures could reach as high as 22C (72F).

Get the full forecast where you are from BBC Weather.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

An abandoned horse, found emaciated and infested with worms and lice near Basildon, has given birth to a healthy foal. 

Buddy, named by council officers who seized its mother Roberta, was born early on Wednesday, 10 May at a horse sanctuary. 

The nine or 10-year-old mare was found on land at Courtauld Road in Basildon and has now been microchipped and issued with a horse passport.

Image source, Basildon Council

She was found pregnant and in poor health suffering from worms and lice with her ribs, pelvis and spine clearly visible. 

A Basildon Council, external spokesman, said: "This was a shocking case of animal neglect. Roberta was in a very poor state of health when we found her. 

"Thanks to the swift intervention of council officers utilising new powers to seize abandoned horses and the excellent work of the vet and the sanctuary she has made a fantastic recovery and given birth to a healthy foal which is great news. 

"Buddy really beat the odds."

Police resume their search for a murdered teenage girl, 15 years after her uncle was jailed.

At least 16 NHS trusts out of the 47 hit by the ransomware cyber-attack are still facing serious issues

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

The parents of a school girl, who was murdered by her uncle in 2001, have visited a garage area where police believe the remains of her body may be.

Tony and Linda Jones arrived at the search scene between Goddard Road and Crammavill Street in Stifford Clays, Thurrock, earlier this afternoon.

Image source, John Sillwell/PA Wire

The disappearance of Danielle and subsequent murder investigation was one of the biggest cases that Essex Police have dealt with, involving more than 750 officers and staff. 

More than 1,000 garages were included in the "huge number" of searches that were carried out in 2001 and 2002, according to police. 

"I do know that in 2001 that garage block had not been searched by officers. This week we will conduct a search of that area to see if that is the location of where Danielle's body has been hidden since 2001," said Assistant Chief Constable Steve Worron.

"The reasons why that garage block was not searched aren't clear to me at the moment, but we are working to understand that." 

The garage block is close to where Danielle's uncle Stuart Campbell lived at the time of her disappearance. 

Campbell was not a blood relative of Danielle's, but was married to Debbie Jones, Danielle's father's sister.  

He was convicted of her kidnap and murder in 2002 at Chelmsford Crown Court and given a life sentence.

Nick Alliker
BBC Essex

The operator of Southend Airport, external, the Stobart Group, says it's well placed to expand in the future after posting strong financial results for its aviation division. 

Stobart Aviation chief executive Glyn Jones, has told BBC Essex that the terminal is fully prepared to deal with passenger numbers increasing by 300,000 a year with 11 new routes. 

Architect of the group's overall expansion in the past 10 years Andrew Tinkler is now to hand over the chief executive role to Warwick Brady while remaining on the group's board. 

He said it had been a significant year for the aviation division with continued development of Southend Airport "which we believe will play a key part in providing capacity for constrained London air travel".

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

A group campaigning against further expansion at London Southend Airport, external said latest plans are "pie in the sky". 

Bernard Free, chairman of Stop Airport Expansion and Noise, external, said further growth is constrained by a railway at one end of the runway and a road at the other.

Andrew Tinkler, outgoing chief executive of the Stobart Group which owns the airport, has told shareholders: "A London airport that has technical capacity to handle 10m-plus passengers, 45 minutes from London, will over time be a very valuable asset for the group."

Mr Free said: "Far from a steady growth in passengers, the airport reached a peak of 1m in 2015 and numbers have fallen since then to about 900,000 a year. 

"At the moment the airport is particularly quiet even if it is a holiday period. I know because I live alongside it."

A target of 10m plus passengers per year is just "pie in the sky", he added.

Sporting success over the past decade has encouraged more people to take part in games, but also brought out more spectators. 

But a significant number of disabled sports fans are still feeling excluded from the atmosphere at games.

Matt Hudson, from Colchester United says the club is always trying to make improvements:

Garages are being searched in an attempt to find the body of a schoolgirl murdered 16 years ago.

Stuart Campbell, an uncle of Danielle Jones, was jailed for life for her abduction and murder in 2002.

Danielle, 15, was last seen at a bus stop near her home in East Tilbury on 18 June 2001. Her body has never been found.

Essex Police were led to the block of garages in Stifford Clays, Thurrock, by information described as "credible".

BBC Sport

Chelmsford City, external manager Rod Stringer has answered speculation about his departure by denying he has any plans to leave the Clarets. 

Chelmsford lost 2-1 to Ebbsfleet in their National League South play-off semi-final on Saturday.

Image source, Getty Images

Bagasan Graham put the Clarets ahead with a 25-yard shot late in the first half. 

But despite Ebbsfleet having a player sent off the team turned the game around with two goals within four minutes of each other in the second half. 

Stringer said winning with 10 men showed the strength of Ebbsfleet.

BBC Weather Watchers

One of our BBC Weather Watchers caught a spectacular dawn that promised so much, but as our other pictures show this was soon dispelled. 

Outbreaks of rain arrived later and will continue through the afternoon. 

An odd heavier burst is possible, but some places may stay dry. 

Image source, Nik

Image source, ebb&flow

Image source, KeenObserver

It will be breezy near the coast, , particularly in exposed spots, while starting to turn increasingly humid too before a mild and mainly dry night. 

Maximum temperature: 16C (61F)

More details from BBC Weather:

Police have surrounded a garage block in the area between Goddard Road and Crammavill Street in Stifford Clays, Thurrock, where a search is under way for the body of Danielle Jones.  

The girl went missing after leaving home for school in 2001 and her uncle Stuart Campbell was later jailed for her kidnap and murder.

Her body has never been found and Campbell, who denies her killing, refuses to reveal where she is buried.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

The uncle of a murdered schoolgirl from East Tilbury has always maintained his innocence, despite getting a life sentence for kidnapping and killing her in 2001. 

Stuart Campbell, 44 when jailed for life at Chelmsford Crown Court in 2002, lost his appeal against conviction in 2005. 

Image source, PA

The body of his 15-year-old victim Danielle Jones has never been found, but police have re-opened the case and are searching a garage area in Thurrock. 

The girl's father Tony, said after the lost appeal Campbell should reveal the whereabouts of the teenager's body, adding that her killer was a "monster". 

Campbell's defence was based on an alibi that he was nowhere near the scene of his niece's disappearance. 

In the appeal, his lawyers argued that the trial judge, Mr Justice McKinnon, should have excluded highly prejudicial evidence to the effect that Campbell had a fixation on young girls and took photographs of them. 

They also urged the appeal court panel to rule that one of the jurors should have been discharged, because he lived next-door-but-one to a police officer involved in the case.

The appeal was dismissed after a hearing which lasted just over a day.

"Credible new information" leads to a search for the body of Danielle Jones who disappeared in 2001.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Essex Police and Crime Commissioner, Roger Hirst, has welcomed the re-opening of the search for Danielle Jones's body. 

"The murder of Danielle Jones in 2001 was a shocking and high profile case that attracted significant publicity," he said.

"At the time, the investigation was one of the largest that Essex Police had ever undertaken and resulted in the successful conviction of Stuart Campbell.

"However, the case remained open as Danielle's body was never found. Today's operation follows new credible information being obtained by Essex Police. 

"We are all hopeful that this line of inquiry will be successful and help to provide some closure for Danielle's family."

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

A man, aged in his 20s, has been flown to hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries following a crash in Waltham Abbey on Sunday. 

His quad bike collided with a tree on Woodridden Hill at about 14:00. Police, who are appealing for information, believe he was with a group of other riders and motorcyclists who left the scene.

Image source, Google

"We believe the rider was with a large group of people on quad bikes or motorbikes at the time of the collision," said Insp Kev Gay.

"They have all left the scene and we are very keen to speak to them to find out what's happened.

"We also believe there was a dark-coloured convertible car which was also in the area at the time but has also left the scene. 

"Again we want to trace the driver and speak to them."

BBC Sport

Essex have one foot in the One Day Cup semi-finals after they leapfrogged South Group leaders Somerset to top spot with a 72-run win in Taunton.

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Tom Westley's century and an unbeaten 92 from Ravi Bopara set Essex on their way to 334-6 from their 50 overs.

Johann Myburgh (57) got Somerset's chase off to a rocketing start with 50 from just 26 balls and captain Jim Allenby (77) also looked well set.

But he fell on 202-5 and the tail collapsed as Somerset made just 262.

Ravi Bopara made an unbeaten 92 before Neil Wagner and Simon Harmer took three wickets each. 

The Essex captain Ryan ten Doeschate said that having made 334 he always felt Essex had the game under control.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Convicted murderer Stuart Campbell, jailed for life for the kidnap and murder of his niece Danielle Jones in 2001 has shown no remorse for his crime.

He has refused to tell police or Danielle's family where the East Tilbury schoolgirl's body is. 

"We received information earlier this year that there had been unusual activity in the garage block [in Stifford Clays north of Grays] around the time of Danielle's disappearance," said Assistant Chief Constable Steve Worron.

Image source, Essex Police

"We are following a credible line of inquiry in respect of this garage block and I am absolutely committed to conducting a thorough and professional search to see if we can bring the Jones family any closer to knowing what happened to Danielle 16 years ago.

"We have remained in contact with Danielle's parents Linda and Tony Jones since Campbell's conviction for her murder and we have updated them on our plans for this search."

In a statement released via Essex Police, Danielle's parents Linda and Tony Jones said: "We are extremely grateful that the police are following up this information and we know they are determined to do whatever they can to find Danielle. 

"We think about Danielle every day and we hope that this latest search may bring us answers to what happened to her 16 years ago."