Ravi Bopara is run out on the final ball chasing a second run as Essex tie a thrilling T20 Blast South Group match with Hampshire.

Southend's first Pride parade in 15 years is marked by a row between different elements within the LGBT community.

A woman is raped near a riverside walk in Essex.

The novel tells the tale of Black Shuck, said to have terrorised 16th Century Suffolk churchgoers.

National League South side Billericay Town hand debut to former Ipswich and Bristol City striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas.

Rocky Stenning is the 11th person believed to have died in non-suspicious circumstances at Chelmsford jail.

A new education trust has been put in charge of two troubled schools in Essex.

A tribunal hears a constable kicked a detainee in the face after he had tried to "throttle himself".

Eight out of 10 of CCGs in England do not offer IVF to couples if one partner has previous children.

Serious negotiation ended the Greater Anglia dispute over guards on trains, union chiefs say.

Bradley Blundell is due to stand trial at Chelmsford Crown Court in October.

Reeta Saidha died of sepsis at Basildon Hospital following complications during her pregnancy.

Police investigating the death of a 21-year-old man charge two teenagers with offences.

PC John Senior tells a misconduct hearing he was acting in self-defence.

Donna Francis is accused of killing Kelly Mayhew in a botched cosmetic procedure in New York City.

Reeta Saidha, 38, died of sepsis at Basildon Hospital after complications during her pregnancy.

Donna Francis faces charges over the death of a woman who had silicone injections in her buttocks.

Marcus Harper was stabbed 25 times after an "exchange of money and drugs".

England opener Alastair Cook makes an unbeaten century for the Lions as he prepares for next month's Test series against India.

PC John Senior told a misconduct hearing he was acting in self-defence.