VIDEO: Teenager rams police motorbike whilst joyriding at 130mph...
A teenager has been jailed for six years after admitting ramming a police motorcyclist who had tried to stop him for speeding in a stolen car on the A13. The dramatic video footage was shown at...
View ArticleWhat Greater Anglia trains will run if Network Rail staff strike...
Greater Anglia is advising passengers and commuters not to travel on Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday if the strike called by Network Rail staff goes ahead.The train company says no trains will run...
View ArticleRail strike suspended after Network Rail makes unions revised...
Unions have called off a national strike planned over bank holiday weekend after receiving an offer from Network Rail in their pay dispute.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), the...
View ArticleLorry catches fire on the M11 near Stansted
Firefighters were called to a lorry fire on the M11 near Stansted yesterday morning.The HGV caught on fire on the M11, southbound carriageway between junction 9 and 8 at around 11am.Crews at the scene...
View ArticleRoadworks in Braintree to be lifted but Dartford Bridge and A12...
Highways England has lifted some roadworks in Essex over Bank Holiday weekend, but others will remain in place.Initially mergency measures were put in place to suspend these roadworks beyond the Bank...
View ArticleTributes for popular St Andrew's Junior School receptionist, Gill...
TRIBUTES have flooded in for a school receptionist who died in a tragic car crash in Boreham last week.Gill Edwards, 61, died after her Smart car hit a lamppost and crashed into a garden on Main Road,...
View ArticleBank Holiday bus replacements between Colchester and Witham on...
A revised Sunday train timetable today and on Bank Holiday Monday will see a bus replacements between Colchester and Witham. Buses will replace trains heading in the London direction after 9:30pm until...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Lorry smashes through central reservation of A12...
MOTORISTS are facing major disruption after a lorry smashed through the central reservation of the A12 at Galleywood - ripping a 40 metre stretch of the barrier from the road.The incident, which...
View ArticleAbellio Greater Anglia passengers complain of 'flea infested...
Passengers on Abellio Greater Anglia trains have hit out at the operator for the state of its trains, accusing them of having 'flea infested seats'.Ian Edwards, who runs the Greater Anglia Complaints...
View ArticleRMT union plans to hold further Network Rail staff strikes next...
Trains could be heavily disrupted for three days next month after the RMT union has called two further periods of strike action for its Network Rail members. The union has rejected Network Rail's most...
View ArticleStansted announces transatlantic flights to Orlando and Cancun...
Essex holidaymakers can begin jet-setting to North America from Stansted next summer after a leading travel company announced two new exciting transatlantic routes.A state-of-the-art Thomson Airways...
View ArticleTrains delayed through Chelmsford after train fault
Trains through Chelmsford are being delayed tonight by a faulty train. The 4.32pm Liverpool Street to Ipswich train developed problems at the station, and the driver is speaking to a maintenance...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: The A12 is shut after a lorry overturned in...
THE A12 has been shut London-bound after a crash in Chelmsford.An HGV lorry has overturned between junction 17 Howe Green and junction 16 at Galleywood.The crash happened at around 11am, police...
View ArticleEssex Police and Crimestoppers launch summer crackdown on drink...
ESSEX Police is asking the public to report drink and drug drivers as part of its annual summer crackdown.The month-long campaign, which launched on Monday, will target areas with busy nighttime...
View ArticleThree shortlisted Greater Anglia train operators announced as...
Three train shortlisted companies to run the East Anglia rail service have been announced today by the government. The front runners who successfully passed the pre-qualification stage include current...
View ArticleCar crash blocks road in North Fambridge
One person has been trapped in a road traffic collision in the Dengie that has blocked a road.At approximately 7.50am, one crew from Maldon and one from South Woodham Ferrers, were called to the scene...
View ArticleCritics lambast three 'same old faces' shortlisted for East...
RAIL unions have blasted the Government's shortlist of firms to run the region's train network for up to 11 years as a "disgrace" after the three front-runners were named this week.Tuesday's...
View ArticleGreater Anglia cancels popular weekday intercity train from...
FOR years, early-bird rail commuters in Essex have been delayed by weekend engineering works spilling over into Monday mornings.But rail bosses have now taken the unusual step of having works on week...
View ArticleSevere weather warning: Met Office warns of flooding with...
Following yesterday's beautiful sunshine, Essex residents may be disappointed when they wake up this morning to thunderstorms.A severe weather warning is in place for the county up until 8.30pm tonight...
View ArticleHeavy traffic on A120 near Braintree as car smashes into central...
An accident involving two vehicles on the A120 Westbound is causing heavy delays outside Braintree.A car has hit the central reservation and is blocking once lane at the junction of the B1417 for...
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