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Special Constables seize over a hundred cannabis plants in Tilbury

A team of Essex Specials have arrested two men on suspicion of drug offences and seized over a 100 cannabis plants following the execution of a drugs warrant in Tilbury.

NSPCC fix a flaw in the law to stop groomers in Thurrock

THE number of abusers meeting children after grooming them has more than tripled in five years - yet police still can’t arrest people for grooming in England and Wales.

Report exposes perilous state of police numbers but Essex rated as “Good”

SOME police forces are putting the public at an unacceptable risk by rationing their response as they struggle with cutbacks, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of...

Police set to clampdown as it is now six points off your licence for mobile phone while driving

FROM today, (Wednesday March 1), people caught using their mobile phones while driving will now face more serious penalties – to mark this, Essex Police is launching a week of targeted action throughout the county to catch offenders in the act.

Nationwide hunt after woman attacked in Thurrock

DETECTIVES, investigating the sexual assault of a woman, have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to trace in connection with...

Teenage boy assaulted in East Tilbury

POLICE investigating an assault in East Tilbury have released an e-fit image of a man they want to speak to.

Bus driver jailed after death of Tilbury pedestrian

A BUS driver who admitted causing the death of an elderly man by careless driving has been jailed for one year.

Police renew appeal over death of Tilbury man

ESSEX Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision at around 2.10am, Saturday February 4, in Poynters Lane, Shoeburyness.

Update: Find Misty for me asks Essex Police: Misty arrested

CAN you help us find Misty Gardner, from South Ockendon, who is wanted for failing to appear at court to face a charge of theft?

Hunt for vulnerable South Ockendon teenager

ESSEX Police are appealing for help to find 17-year-old Hailey Davenport who is missing from her home in South Ockendon.

Update: Essex Police are looking for Jaz Blundell: Arrested

ESSEX Police are appealing for information to help find a man from Grays who is wanted on a recall to prison and for failing to appear at court.

Essex Police are looking for Harry

ESSEX Police are appealing for information to help find a man from Grays who is wanted for both failing to answer police bail and failing to appear at court.

Police appeal after crashed car abandoned in East Tilbury

ESSEX Police were called to reports of a vehicle on its side in Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury at around 1.10am on Sunday, February 19.

Thousands stolen in early morning robbery at Paddy Power in Grays

POLICE were called to reports of a robbery at the Paddy Power betting shop in High Street, Grays at around 8.10am today (Sunday, February 19).

Man wanted over theft of pork chops in South Ockendon

ESSEX Police are releasing CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with a theft from a shop in South Ockendon.

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