Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Good morning and welcome back to Local Live across Essex.

We'll be here until 18:00 with the latest news, sport, weather and travel for your local area.

The full weather forecast will be with you shortly, and it looks as though it's going to be a brighter day.

As always, if you want to get in touch you can by email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.

The team here is signing off from our regular live updates today, and heading home to recharge our batteries ready to do it all again in the morning from 08:00.

If you're just joining us, scroll down to find out what's been happening across the county during the day. As ever, any breaking news overnight will still appear here.

Have a good evening - we look forward to your company again soon.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

Any showery rain will clear across the BBC East region, but there'll be some showers following behind, possibly heavy.

The bulk of the night will be dry with clear intervals and cooler temperatures than last night.

Lows of 9C (48F).

Wednesday will feel fresher than Tuesday, and be mainly dry with sunny spells.

There may be an isolated shower later as cloud builds, but many places will stay dry.

Top temperature: 19C (66F).

Get more on the forecast where you live, from BBC Weather.

A murder inquiry has been launched, after a man who was seriously assaulted outside a sports bar in Brentwood over the bank holiday weekend died in hospital.

The victim was attacked in Kings Road, in the early hours of 28 August.

Officers are appealing for help in finding two women who may be key witnesses.

Two men, who were previously arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, have been released under investigation.

Another man who has been charged with the same offence is due to appear at Basildon Crown Court next month.

Two people were threatened in their own home with what's been described as a machete and a handgun, in Southend on Monday night.

Three men forced their way into an address in Southchurch Avenue at about 23:40, say police.

A mobile phone was taken.

Police say they have made sure the victims are safe, and investigations are continuing.

Suffolk Free Press

The vehicle used by thieves to make off with a cash machine, following the destructive ram raid in Earls Colne yesterday, has been recovered, external by Essex Police.

Image source, Suffolk Free Press

Danny Myers suffered a single stab wound to his heart during an argument, police say.

Frontline police officers across Norfolk and Suffolk are being issued with tablets and mobile phones, to "revolutionise" the way in which they deal with incidents and the service they provide.

The move follows a three-month trial last year, which police say made it clear the devices offered officers what they needed - quick access to accurate information without the need to travel back to the station.

Ch Supt Mike Fawcett, project lead for Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies, said: "This is very much an ‘invest-to-save’ project – and I expect that the resource commitment we have made will bring us cost benefits in the long-term."

Cambridgeshire Police say their officers were given smartphones in 2006, followed by laptops/slates from 2013.

Essex Police officers have smart phones, not tablets. They were introduced to the force in October 2016 and 2,000 are currently on issue.

A total of 12 people were arrested in connection with this year's V Festival, external in Chelmsford, either on or close to the site.

The majority of these arrests were related to suspected drugs offences, say police.

Altogether 60 offences related to the festival were reported, and are being investigated.

Just over two thirds of these were thefts.

Most of the offences were reported after people had left the festival on Monday, 21 August.

Assistant Chief Constable Carl O'Malley said: "We are pleased the majority of those who came to Chelmsford did so in the right spirit and enjoyed the festival safely."

Listen to live BBC local radio coverage of Lancashire against Essex in Division One of the County Championship.

Day one of Lancashire's match against Essex is abandoned without a ball bowled because of rain at Old Trafford.

The owner of a juvenile royal python found in a family's toilet comes forward to claim "Reggie".

There's been a warning for police to be vigilant, after reports of a group of men offering to carry out home maintenance in the Thorpe Bay area for a "significant" sum of money.

Police say the group approached an elderly man last month and demanded a four-figure sum for work which had been undertaken at his home in the Station Road area.

They drove him to his bank to withdraw the money.

Officers say further inquiries revealed the same men had carried out work on a neighbouring property, which was not completed to a satisfactory standard.

A woman living close to the scene of a ram raid in Earls Colne on Monday says the incident has worried her.

Jo Taylor said: "We're on a main road and people still are quite happy to destroy our shops and our village.

"You feel a bit uncomfortable and maybe it's not quite as safe as you think it is."

Police say they received reports a forklift truck smashed into the side of the Co-op on High Street at about 04:45.

A group of men stole a cash machine, loaded it onto a stolen Mitsubishi Canter flatbed truck and drove off at speed in convoy with a black estate car, towards Halstead.

Essex paceman Jamie Porter's career-best 7-55 helps to beat Somerset and ease the Division One leaders closer to the title.

The search for a suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Great Baddow, near Chelmsford, is continuing, a month after the incident.

John Pordage, 34, was shot in the chest outside a petrol station in the early hours of 5 August. He died in hospital.

Image source, Essex Police

Five arrests have been made so far:

• A 16-year-old boy from Chelmsford has been charged with murder
• An 18-year-old of no fixed abode has been charged with firearms offences
• Three people arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender have been released under investigation

Police say they are making "every effort" to find the remaining suspect, and have been making extensive inquiries and carrying out searches of addresses.

Kate Kinsella
BBC Weather

It will be rather cloudy this morning, with a few outbreaks of rain possible along our coastal counties.

Some brighter spells could develop during the afternoon leading to a warm and humid feel, but further outbreaks of rain are likely later on.

Top temperature: 21C (70F).

Get a more detailed forecast, wherever you live, from BBC Weather

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

Welcome to Tuesday's live coverage.

Rounding up the local news so far this morning, and police say they're keeping an "open mind" over the fatal shooting of a man in Great Baddow near Chelmsford one month ago today.

Reports of a group of men offering to carry out home maintenance in the Thorpe Bay area for a large sum of money have prompted a warning for people to be vigilant.

And residents have reacted to yesterday's ram raid at a store in the village of Colne.

There'll be more on these stories shortly, but first, we'll find out what the weather's going to be like - Kate Kinsella will be here next with the day's prospects.

Two inmates at Long Lartin in Worcestershire plead guilty to killing a double murderer from Essex.

When he lifted the toilet seat lid, the five-year-old came face to face with the 3ft (91cm) snake.