New Years Eve: When is the last train from Liverpool Street to...
Revellers from Essex enjoying New Year will be keeping as much of an eye on the Greater Anglia timetable as they will on drinks prices.The last trains from Liverpool Street to stations in the county...
View ArticleRail fare increase sees season ticket prices rise by up to 2.5...
Rail fare rises throughout Essex and the rest of the country have come into effect today, with season ticket prices rising by up to 2.5 per cent.The average fare of a rail ticket will also rise by 2.2...
View ArticleFire crews called to Southend Airport after blaze onboard plane
Part of a plane reportedly burst into flames as it was coming into land at Southend Airport this morning (January 2).Firefighters were called to the venue at around 8.30am after reports flames could be...
View ArticlePetrol prices: The top 10 cheapest places in Essex to fill up on...
The price of petrol is set to plummet below £1 a litre, continuing the welcoming trend of falling prices since autumn last year.A fall in the cost of crude oil is now being felt at the pumps. The...
View ArticleSerious crash shuts M11 - diverted drivers set to travel through...
A serious four vehicle crash has shut the southbound M11 at Harlow this afternoon.Several people are said to have suffered serious injuries as a result of the smash, which happened just before 1pm this...
View ArticleM11 crash: Seven people released from hospital after multi-vehicl...
A woman remains seriously ill in hospital with "non-life threatening injuries" after she was caught up in yesterday's five vehicle pile up on the soundbound M11.The road was fully re-opened at 7.20pm...
View ArticlePetrol prices: £1 a litre fuel in sight as Sainsbury's Asda...
Petrol prices will drop even closer to £1 a litre this week with four of the country's biggest supermarkets set to make more cuts.Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrison will all reduce prices by 2p a litre on...
View ArticleTakeaway food hurled and family racially abused on train bound...
A family was racially abused and had takeaway food thrown at them on a late night Liverpool Street train to Essex.The man, woman and three children were targeted on the 12.18am service to Colchester...
View ArticleDriving licence changes: What you need to know
The Department for Transport have postponed the abolition of the paper counterpart of driving licences, originally scheduled for this month, until later this year.From June 8 2015, the photocard...
View ArticleMarket Road in Maldon closed after pedestrian hit by car
A pedestrian has been hit by a car in Market Road, Maldon, causing the road to be closed while emergency services attend the scene.The air ambulance and ambulance were called to the incident, which...
View ArticleMan charged over fatal M25 Essex collision
A man is due in Chelmsford Magistrates' Court today (January 10) in connection with last month's fatal multi-vehicle smash on the M25 in Essex.Adam Olkusz, a 25-year-old unemployed man of no fixed...
View ArticleCheaper to commute on Greater Anglia from Norwich than Chelmsford
A COMMUTER is lobbying the region's trains operator after discovering it can be cheaper to travel from Norwich to London than it is from Chelmsford on the same train.Tom Defty, founder of Essex Weather...
View ArticlePolice hunt sports car driver that left scene of A12 crash
Police are looking for the driver of a sports car that collided with a Land Rover on the A12, then sped off leaving the 4x4 on its roof.The crash happened on the southbound carriageway at J26 of the...
View ArticlePolice look for two drivers who witnessed triple fatal crash in...
POLICE investigating a triple fatal crash in Braintree are trying to trace the drivers of two vehicles who may have witnessed the collision.The crash on Gosfield Road, happened at around 4.50pm on...
View ArticleA12 near Chelmsford closed after crash between two lorries
AN accident involving two lorries has left the A12 closed near Chelmsford.Delays of around 40 minutes are expected while debris from the crash is being cleared.The collision happened at around 5am...
View ArticleMet Office warn Essex is set to be battered by 65mph winds and...
ESSEX is bracing itself for an onslaught of wind and rain as stormy weather batters the country.A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for the whole of the county, with gust of up...
View ArticleMotorcycle parking scheme to be rolled out in Chelmsford
A pilot scheme in Chelmsford enabling bikers to secure their bikes and store their riding gear has been deemed a success.Chelmsford City Council is now in talks with Motoparking to roll out more of the...
View ArticleRail delays from Colchester to London after person hit by train...
A man has died after being hit by a train at Kelvedon. Police and paramedics were called to the station shortly after 10am today to reports of a person being struck by a train.A man was pronounced dead...
View ArticleA120 closed after multi-vehicle collision
The A120 eastbound carriageway is closed in Braintree this morning after a collision involving four cars.The carriageway is shut eastbound between the A131 and B1018 as a result of the collision. Nine...
View ArticleFirefighters put out fire then help crash casualty in same Witham...
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a house fire then helped an injured man after a road crash in the same street in Witham.The crew had just finished dealing with a groundfloor blaze in a house in Hatfield Road when...
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