Great Wakering

Burial plot plan stolen during church safe heist

Girl, 10, to sing in BBC Children in Need choir

Thurrock plans to sue other councils over finances

'Raac crisis isn't over for us' - school leaders

Town says no to compulsory High Street parking app

'My abuser said nobody would love me - now he is jailed'

Where's Wally? He's trekking across the Sahara...

From serious spinal surgery to police dispatcher

Teacher jailed for sex offences spanning 40 years

Five takeaways from Crime Commissioner in hot seat

Drivers given £4m Dartford Crossing fines in error

Teen celebrates birthday after beating cancer

Ex-fireman says trauma of job left him with PTSD

Why I've spent decades commemorating Britain's airfields

Curlew numbers delay new holiday park approval

WW2 bomb found on building site safely detonated

BBC Essex team complete Children In Need Big Swim

US entrepreneur provides new Southend investment

Roman circus site homes rejected

Plans to build football pitch on open space denied

Unenforced bus gate to be removed

Coroner demands answers over mental health death

'High rents could push us out of town'