Local News

Police are appealing for information about an incident where a man was threatened with a knife in the Pier Avenue area.

A 16 year old and a 12 year old girl from Harwich have gone missing.

We're getting our first look at what a sculpture of the Mayflower planned for Harwich will look like.

Police are appealing for help to trace a man who stole cash from a self-service till from the store on Main Road.

A ground-breaking rallying event will be returning to the streets of Tendring in April.

A teenager from London's been charged with murder, attempted murder, and posession of a knife after the death of a man in Colchester.

A man who threatened a Clacton shopkeeper with a gun has been jailed for over four years.

The man found dead on Ryegate Road on Monday morning died as a result of a single stab wound to his left lung, a post-mortem has revealed.

The children's protection charity has drawn up a proposal calling for regulations on social networks to keep young people safe.

A man who was found dead near the Castle Park yesterday has been identified as Carl Hopkins.

The British Army’s Apache attack helicopters are making their flying debut inside the Arctic circle facing temperatures dropping to -27C and white-out flying conditions.

It may well be January, but RNLI crews in the East of England are looking ahead to the summer.

Firefighters from Essex and Suffolk have worked together to tackle a large fire in a barn.

Police are investigating a mugging in the New Town area of Colchester.

The level of care patients receive shouldn't be determined by the time of day, according to the East Anglian Air Ambulance. 

There's an average of two acid attacks throughout the country per day - and Colchester's responding by fitting special specialist kits in its pubs and clubs. 

Greater Anglia will no longer apply charges for wallets and purses containing money found on its trains. 

Colchester's MP has responded to the publishing of the Prime Minister's draft Brexit bill.

British Transport Police say an incident on a Greater Anglia train yesterday shows why stop and search powers remain an important option for officers.

A campaign's been launched to try and save the High Street Post Office in Clacton from closure.

Colchester Borough Council's revealed it's working on a number of projects to brighten up parts of the town.

More than £2 billion is going to be spent on East Anglia's rail network.

Two complete strangers helped rescue a child from a fire in Clacton last night (Tuesday 6th November).

Colchester town centre's going to be decorated with some real Christmas trees, a year after the local council was criticised for not displaying a tree.

Experts say a ram-raid at a Co-Op store in one part of Essex has unwittingly unveiled some rather special local history.

The Director of the Clacton Airshow says they're aiming to get the same number of visitors next year - despite the RAF Red Arrows not being there.

A Clacton based business says it could be in for a tough festive period, if Tendring District Council doesn't overturn an enforcement notice.

Greater Anglia says major upgrades are going to make the Norwich to London main line more reliable.