First Essex promises improvement after punctuality rap
BOSSES at First Essex have assured customers they will take a formal warning issued over the punctuality of their services "very seriously". Deputy traffic commissioner Marcia Davis gave the bus firm...
View ArticleWitham woman fatally struck by train at Chelmsford railway...
A WOMAN who died after being hit by a train at Chelmsford railway station last week has been named.Lorraine Allison Sands, 53, of Witham, was discovered by officers on the line last Tuesday (July 8)....
View ArticlePair arrested after police pursuit ends in lamppost smash in...
A man and teenage boy were arrested after a stolen Ford Transit van sped away from police before crashing into a lamppost in Witham. The vehicle had failed to stop for Essex Police officers driving a...
View ArticleMan collapses after two car crash in Church Road, Witham
A motorist was taken to hospital after a two car collision in Rivenhall. Police said the 52-year-old man from Braintree collapsed shortly after his Vauxhall Zafira collided with a Volkswagen Passat on...
View ArticleWoman dies after being taken ill on Greater Anglia train at...
A WOMAN has died after she fell ill on a train travelling through Chelmsford this afternoon (July 21). Emergency services, including the Hertfordshire Air Ambulance, were called at around 1.30pm, but...
View ArticleSolving Chelmsford's traffic conundrum: How your views could be...
A CITYWIDE survey is under way to work out how traffic in Chelmsford could be managed to cut down on delays and congestion.Essex County Council is undertaking the study of people's travel habits over a...
View ArticleESSEX TRAVEL, Tuesday July 22
THERE are severe delays on the M25 this morning after an accident involving two lorries has spilled fuel across the road and blocked two lanes leaving queuing traffic for ten miles.The accident...
View ArticleDriver mistakenly thinks car is alight because Adele's 'Fire' was...
WHEELER-DEALERS trading cars, people picking flowers, and a driver who thought the 'Fire' notification on their dashboard display meant their car was ablaze, instead of the name of the Adele track...
View ArticleUnsuitable song choices for your car radio - if you read them too...
A motorist came up with an unforgettable excuse when he was caught driving illegally on the hard shoulder. He told Highways Agency officers the word 'fire' on his car dashboard alerted him to a...
View ArticleMan dies in Southend-bound A127 collision
A man died in a road crash on the A127 at Basildon yesterday evening (July 22) Officers were called at about 6.50pm following reports that a car had left the Southend-bound carriageway near the...
View ArticleMan in his 50s from Chelmsford dies after being hit by train at...
A man who was struck by a train at Shenfield railway station last night (July 22) was from Chelmsford, police have said.The victim, in his 50s, died at the scene of the collision, which happened...
View ArticleTrain cancelled at Southminster due to "suspect package"...
COMMUTERS faced long delays this morning after a train was cancelled while police inspected a "suspect package"The unattended rucksack on the Shenfield to Southminster service at 5.55am caused enough...
View ArticleFighter jets seen over Essex skies, escort private plane to...
A plane was diverted into Stansted Airport earlier tonight - with two fighters as an escort. The aircraft, which is understood to have come from Lagos and is reportedly a Gulfstream small business jet,...
View ArticleEssex travel: Friday July 25
Road: 8.01am M25 - Queueing traffic on M25 clockwise at A282, QE2 Bridge.Rail: 7.20am - Delays of up to 21 minutes for trains running through Tottenham Hale, disruption expected until 8am.Train...
View ArticleA132 at South Woodham Ferrers closed after serious collision
UPDATE: Double car crash on the A132 South Woodham Ferrers.Police have closed the A132 (Burnham Road) at South Woodham Ferrers following a serious road traffic collision between a car and a motorbike...
View ArticleTributes paid to much-loved South Woodham Ferrers biker Josh...
Friends of a motorcyclist who died in a crash with a car in South Woodham Ferrers have been sharing their memories on social media.Josh Marlow, 22, was killed when the bike he was riding collided with...
View ArticleDanbury motorist charged with causing death by dangerous driving
A man has been charged in connection with a collision in Bicknacre which killed South Woodham Ferrers teenager William Andrews. Nicholas Weston, 22, of Pedlars Path in Danbury, is accused of causing...
View ArticleShenfield railway station fatality named as Chelmsford man Gordon...
A Chelmsford man who died after being struck by a train at Shenfield railway station on Tuesday (July 22) has been identified. Gordon Robert Morrison was pronounced dead at the scene by medics shortly...
View ArticleFamily pay tribute to 'loving young man' Josh Marlow after death...
The family of Josh Marlow, who died in a road traffic collision on the A132 in South Woodham Ferrers on Friday have paid tribute to him.The 22-year old, from South Woodham Ferrers was killed when his...
View ArticleIn pictures: Parts of Thaxted left underwater after mini storm...
Torrential rain has caused havoc in Thaxted today (July 28), with roads flooded and people forced to leave their homes.Essex Fire and Rescue Service received 60 calls to reports of roads under...
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