Recorded sexual offences against children in Essex have risen by 64% in four years, data obtained by the NSPCC has revealed. There were 2,122 offences recorded by Essex Police in 2018/19 – up from 1,293 in 2014/15.* Analysis of the data also reveals that where age of...
A Basildon resident has been fined and ordered to pay more than £500 after flytipping on the public footway at the rear of her property. Charmaine Craven, 33, of Bronte Drive, Basildon, appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court on Wednesday 4 September after pleading guilty to dumping...
Grooming crimes recorded by police in the East of England have soared by 43 per-cent in the last year, data obtained by the NSPCC has revealed. Police in the East of England recorded 480 offences of sexual communication with a child in the year up to...
Officers from Braintree & Uttlesford Community Policing team joined members of Braintree's Community Safety Partnership in Market Square yesterday, Thursday 8 August, to announce the introduction of an online app, DISC, The app will be used to help prevent crime and disorder which can be...
Detectives are asking for anyone with dash cam footage to come forward following a fatal collision on the A12. Police were called at 20:55hrs on Sunday, 14 July to a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian on the westbound (London bound) carriageway of...
Successful action taken by Harlow Council has led to one man being fined for dumping rubbish, while another has been successfully prosecuted in court. The first case dates back to 7 November 2018, when the council received a report of dumped rubbish, from a council...
Nearly 3,000 motorists were caught driving under the influence in 2018, as offences increased 59% in two years, according to new data. New Freedom of Information data obtained by Confused.com found 2,863 motorists fell foul of the offence in 2018, up from 1,806 in 2016. However,...
Loughton-based accountancy firm, Haslers Chartered Accountants, has pledged to raise at least £1,000 for Haven House Children's Hospice, by pledging its support for the charity's local business club. The Haven House 100 Club encourages businesses to get behind the hospice and support one another in order...
A man, who stole £235,000 in cash during an armed robbery in Witham, has been jailed for 20 years. During a trial, Chelmsford Crown Court heard how two security guards were approached by two men wearing balaclavas and armed with a double-barrelled shotgun as they went...
A Clacton cabbie has had his taxi licence suspended for six weeks after abusing council staff. John Hall, of Edgware Road, Clacton, had his licence suspended by a panel from Tendring District Council’s Licensing Committee in November. The panel then heard how Hall, 57, had acted aggressively...
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