Leo Latifi, 9, was with his family at an after-school swimming club when the accident happened.

A panel clears five members of Essex Police of using excessive force on a man in a cell.

A 58-year-old man was killed when a hose violently whipped round and struck him.

A district council is under no overall control, although the Conservatives are the largest party.

The child had been with family members at an after-school swimming club, police say.

Drugs are "easy to obtain" at Chelmsford Prison and this "undermines" progress, a review finds.

UK voters will elect 73 Members of the European Parliament from 12 constituencies.

Royal Mail says it found the delayed post during an internal investigation.

Food group 2 Sisters announces its site in Witham will shut and says it will look to redeploy staff.

A survey of tourism in the East of England finds nearly a third of firms see a decrease in income.

A bomb disposal team is called out after a World War Two device is found in a seaside town.

A group of French brewers is counting their Loki stars after their stricken ship was towed to safety.

Affected passengers were mostly travelling with Ryanair.

Stretched staff, cavernous premises and the curse of the coupon.

The jet's pilots spotted the drone flying directly above them at high speed, a report said.

Two dam-building mammals have been introduced to Essex 400 years after being hunted to extinction.

Godfrey Tshuma, 61, from Essex, was accused of attacking a six-year-old girl in South Africa.

A judge orders the arrest of a defendant after hearing he has flown out of the country.

A body found in water is confirmed as that of Valentin Kachanov who went missing in February.

What do people in one of 2016's most pro-Brexit areas think about the upcoming European Elections?