Kate Kinsella
BBC Weather

Overnight showers and thunderstorms will clear to the north this morning with largely sunny skies developing.

A hot and humid day will follow, perhaps leading to one or two isolated thunderstorms developing into the evening.

Maximum temperature: 29C (84F).

For more, head to BBC Weather.

Orla Moore
BBC Local Live

Good morning - and welcome to another day of live updates.

If it's happening in Essex you'll find it here.

We'll bring you all the news, weather, sport and travel until 18:00.

And you can get in touch too - just click the Get Involved button at the top of the feed to email, tweet or comment on Facebook.

Meanwhile it looks like Thor has been beating his hammer over the county during the night. Thanks to our Weather Watcher Ebb&Flow for this tempestuous sky over Great Chesterford.

Have a lovely day.

Image source, Ebb&Flow

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

That's it folks. Among the stories we've covered today are:

• Police say the investigation into the savage beating by fans of Southend United of Simon Dobbin "isn't closed"
• An Essex teenager wins £30,000 in The Voice Kids TV show
• Staff at Greater Anglia are to be balloted over strike action over driver-only trains

Have a good evening. Our regular service resumes at 08:00 on Wednesday.

Sara Thornton
BBC Weather

Thunderstorms are expected to cross BBC Look East region through the night with some potentially torrential bursts of rain and frequent lightning in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Image source, .

They will be clear and heat will build again in the sunshine and temperatures will reach 30C (86F).

That heat, combined with high humidity, will spark off further thundery showers through the afternoon.

A Met Office Yellow severe weather warning has been issued and lasts until 22:00 tomorrow across the region.

Kevin Burch
BBC Look East

A team of engineers has started work on a £30m project to drill under the River Orwell and lay 13 miles of electric cables, to improve the capacity and reliability of the power network.

Four lengths of pipe, each more than half a mile long are being run from one side of the river to the other, from Trimley to Shotley in the first phase of the overhaul.

And the first of those four pipes has been successfully laid under the river bed.

"There was a sigh of relief last night when I got the text to say it had come through safely," said Chris Sugars of UK Power Networks, external.

"Once you've done one then you've got an idea of what the issues are, so we hope the others can come through nice and smoothly."

Image source, The cables run from Trimley (top right past the Port of Felixstowe) under the River Orwell to the Shotley Peninsula (top centre) and then across the River Stour (top left) to Harwich and Dovercourt

Once this part of the operation is complete, two of the four cables at Shotley will then be taken to Dovercourt/Harwich under the River Stour, a stretch of just over a mile.

Once finished, work will begin removing the 13 miles of pylons and overhead wires which have been a part of the landscape for the past 60 years, but which will no longer be needed.

Dismantling them will start in the autumn.

A 14-year-old from Essex wins the first series of ITV's The Voice Kids, securing a £30,000 music bursary.

Relive all the action as Kevin Pietersen makes 52 on his return for Surrey as they beat Essex by 10 runs in the T20 Blast.

Richard Haugh
BBC Introducing in Suffolk

SuperGlu were once again in fine form at Latitude, playing for Huw Stephens on the Lake Stage on Friday before headlining Keith Allen's tent in a sweaty, raucous gig in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The band, who are based in Manningtree/Ipswich, continue to bring the party to wherever they play and for both sets there were people moshing from start to finish.

Earlier this year, SuperGlu, external headed to Texas for the South by Southwest Festival - playing numerous gigs, including a high-profile showcase for BBC Music.

Their journey is captured in the video for their new single, Welcome Home:

Osea Island, in the Blackwater Estuary, is fast becoming a haunt for the rich and famous.

Image source, Geograph/Oliver Dixon

Helicopters are seen landing regularly dropping off pop stars, TV presenters and celebrities and the island is now being marketed as an exclusive hideaway for the rich and famous.

The island boasts a 10-bedroom manor house, private quay, a recording studio and 16 cottages and apartments. It's owned by music producer Nigel Frieda - who worked with Sugababes among others.

It's connected to the mainland by a mile long causeway, which is covered by the tide for much of the day.

Carol Jolly of Visit Essex says that with 400 acres of countryside, it's a hidden gem.

"There's no end of things you can do there, cycling, fishing, yoga, music. It's idyllic."

Stuart Howells
BBC Radio Suffolk

A 17-week-old dog is doubling-up as a head teacher's family pet... and has another job as "school dog".

Pepper spends her daytimes at Nayland Primary School, external near Sudbury, where the aim is that stroking and befriending her can reduce anxiety among some pupils.

Terri Hurry was one of two people charged with murder following the death of Brian Hurry.

More than 3,000 bags of rubbish are cleared from the M11 each year by a dedicated team of litter pickers.

The Met Office warns of thundery showers pushing north from 16:00 through this evening.

There's a chance of localised flooding. Lightning may also be a hazard, with possible disruption to power supplies.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Conductors on Greater Anglia railway services are to be balloted on possible strike action on the issue of driver-only operated trains.

The union, which is concerned about job losses, wants a guarantee from Greater Anglia that when it introduces new driver-only trains in 2019 it will keep conductors on board.

Steve Hedley of the RMT said: "It's become clear at the last meeting that we had with senior management that the government and the Department for Transport are imposing on the company the fact they have to deliver driver-only operation.

"Obviously that's a position that we can't accept and that the drivers' union ASLEF can't accept either."

In a statement, Richard Dean, Greater Anglia spokesman, said: "We have conductors on our Intercity service between Norwich and London Liverpool Street and on our rural routes across East Anglia.

"They are highly-valued colleagues and we have no plans to remove them from our trains. In fact, we have a new conductors' training course starting in August.

"We hold regular meetings with the unions which represent our colleagues. These meetings will continue as we remain available for talks to resolve this issue.”

The union is already involved in a lengthy dispute with Southern Rail over the introduction of driver-only trains.

The Greater Anglia network, external covers Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and parts of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

Sonia Watson
BBC Essex

A Canvey Island councillor is predicting more anti-social behaviour as soon as the schools break up for summer.

Image source, Geograph/Robin Webster

Dave Blackwell says he's concerned as the area has had lots of problems in the past.

Latest figures reveal that in the year to April, Essex Police received more than 52,000 , externalreports of anti-social behaviour across the county.

Dave Blackwell from the Canvey Island Independent Party said: "The local fire brigade dread the summer holidays because they know the kids are going to set fire to the grass on the local nature reserve.

"I think everybody has got to work hard to put things in place. Local authorities have to put on more things for kids to do, to keep the kids more occupied."

Alex Dobinson from the south Essex charity, Yellow Door,, external says youth services being cut could be contributing to the problem.

"If you look at the cuts around the county, the biggest cuts have been for young people and I think that is a problem.

"Lots of charities like ourselves have been trying to take up the slack with the support of Essex Youth Service but there isn't enough support for the minority that might cause trouble," she added.

Sgt Janet Bloomfield of Essex Police's youth action team said: "If people in Canvey know who's causing the problems then please tell us, because once we identify them we can put some strategies in place and deal with them as individuals rather than this blanket 'all young people in Canvey are a nuisance' which really isn't the case."

She also says the statistics can be misleading because they refer to a wide-range of incidents not necessarily "people running riot".

For instance, a cat defacating on a neighbour's lawn is recorded as anti-social behaviour by police.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Police involved in bringing to trial 13 men involved in a savage post-football match attack against a rival fan say the case isn't over yet.

Twelve men convicted of attacking Simon Dobbin are beginning jail terms totalling more than 40 years today.

Mr Dobbin, a Cambridge United fan from Mildenhall, was left with serious brain damage after being set upon in Southend in 2015 after going to watch his team play at Southend United's Roots Hall ground.

The attack happened outside The Railway pub as the victim was heading with friends to Prittlewell railway station.

The 12 have been convicted of either violent disorder or conspiracy to commit violent disorder, rather than assault.

Det Ch Insp Martin Passmore said: "Bearing in mind we've convicted 12 people for the violent disorder aspects of this, there's 12 more as far as I'm concerned who went out of that pub that day who are perhaps responsible for these devastating injuries.

"This case isn't closed. It's not finished and if I can identify those that were directly responsible for Simon Dobbin's injuries I would love to go out there with my team and bring them to justice as well."

Nicole Dobbin and her daughter Emily have called for tougher action, during and after court proceedings yesterday.

They would like to see someone convicted of attempted murder given that Simon Dobbin was clinically dead for seven minutes before being saved by paramedics.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Twelve men convicted of attacking a man from Mildenhall are beginning jail terms totaling more than 40 years.

Cambridge United fan Simon Dobbin was left with serious brain damage after being set upon after a football match in Southend in 2015.

Three of the men were jailed yesterday for five years, with sentences of varying lengths for the others.

A 13th man is due to be sentenced next month for assisting an offender.

Nicole Dobbin, the victim's wife, said: "This is not going to stop. We all know one punch can kill. Simon was fortunate that didn't happen to him.

"It would have been nice if these lot were made an example of and hopefully now the justice system will change and there'll be higher sentences."

Kate Kinsella
BBC Weather

It will be dry and very warm across the BBC East region today, but scattered thunderstorms are expected tonight.

Bright or sunny spells will accompany a breeze that will gradually strengthen through the day.

It will feel very warm in most places away from the coast and it will be increasingly humid in the afternoon.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms will spread north through the evening and overnight.

Maximum temperature: 25C (77F)

You can get more localilsed details from where you are at BBC Weather.

Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Essex Live page.

Between now and 18:00, the team here will bring you the news, sport, travel and weather updates as we get them.

These are some of the stories we're hoping to bring you today:

• Latest figures show there were more than 52,000 reported incidents of antisocial behaviour across Essex in the 12 months to April.
• The wife of a football fan left brain damaged after he was attacked in Southend says there should be tougher sentences for violent disorder.

If there's anything you wish to share with us you can contact us via the "Get involved" button at the top of the page.

But first we'll look at the weather for today with Kate Kinsella.

Simon Dobbin was left unable to walk or talk after being attacked in Southend in March 2015.