Melanie Miller says the hobby has made her see Harwich in Essex in a new light.

Michael Donnelly was present at the stabbing of Grant Byrom but is acquitted of his murder.

Ronan Hughes pleads guilty to manslaughter after 39 migrants were found dead in a trailer in Essex.

League Two side Colchester United sign former Liverpool goalkeeper Shamal George on a two-year contract.

Video shows fire officers in protective clothing boarding a Ryanair flight about to leave Stansted.

The pair were about to fly to Italy when one of them learned he had tested positive for coronavirus.

Officials in protective clothing were seen on a plane about to depart Stansted Airport.

Keaton Jennings hits 108 as Lancashire beat Durham in the T20 Blast, with Max Holden's 102 not out for Middlesex in vain as rain means no results in all other games.

A 34-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman from Harlow, Essex, remain in custody for questioning.

Five people are arrested after the 40-year-old was found critically injured on 20 August.

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The delayed T20 Blast gets under way on Thursday with no crowds and few overseas stars, but plenty to look forward to.

The 17-year-old girl sustains "serious life-changing injuries", say police.

Grant Byrom was fatally stabbed in Colchester more than 20 years ago.

A man and woman are arrested in connection with the death of Philip Burr, 38, who died last October.

A girl and two boys, all aged 14, are accused of attacking the victim in Pitsea, Essex, on Monday.

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The boy suffered a knife wound to his back after an argument, say Essex Police.

A 28-year-old charity director spends £25,000 of his own money keeping it afloat to help the elderly.

Alastair Cook is left 129 not out as bad weather means no play on day four in Essex's drawn game with Hampshire.