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Essex Police continue clampdown on shoplifting

LAST week, Essex Police officers arrested 24 people on suspicion of shoplifting. And 15 were subsequently charged with theft offences and other related matters. Six people...

Just Stop Oil protestor who scaled Queen Elizabeth bridgeis free from jail after 14 months

ONE of two men who caused chaos on local roads when they scaled the QEII Bridge on October 17, 2022 has been released from...

Appeal for teenager missing from Grays

HAVE you seen Gabriel Oboise, 16, who is missing from Grays?  Gabriel is described as 5ft 7ins tall, of stocky build, with black hair.  He also...

Essex Police: No it’s not on campaign goes on the road

IN a bid to raise awareness of their approach to tackling sexual offences in Essex, they have taken their consent campaign on the road. A...

Rise in council taxes for police and fire service would prevent cuts claims police boss

A MULTI-million-pound deficit could be closed without having to cut services if maximum permitted rises in council tax go ahead, the police, fire and...

Covid lockdowns had ‘catastrophic effect’ on UK’s social fabric, report claims

THE UK is in danger of sliding back into the “Two Nations” of the Victorian era marked by a widening gulf between mainstream society...

Essex Police support group target addresses in Thurrock

OFFICERS from our Operational Support Group (OSG) made eight arrests yesterday, Friday 8 December, tackling high-harm crime across the county. The OSG supported teams in...

Police seek cyclist as they continue to investigate hit and run in Grays

POLICE officers are keen to identify a cyclist who travelled along Old Dock Approach Road, Grays shortly after a collision which left two runners...

Essex Police couple commended for brave fire rescue

A BRAVE Essex Police couple who saved their elderly neighbours and seven pets from their burning home have been commended by Essex Chief Constable...

Dramatic 69 per cent decrease in unauthorised traveller encampments in Essex revealed

A DRAMATIC 69 per cent decrease in the number of unauthorised traveller encampments (UE) in Essex over the last five years was revealed at...

Teenager charged with theft, assault by beating and using threatening words at Lakeside

OFFICERS investigating a robbery at a shopping centre store in Thurrock have secured charges against a second person. At around 5pm on Sunday 24 September,...

Chelmsford Prison safeguarding damned after inmate killed himself six days after arriving

SAFEGUARDING measures to prevent suicide at HMP Chelmsford – described as one the country’s “most violent local prisons” – have been slated after an...

Police issue warning over e-scooter use at Christmas

AS part of their drink drive campaign, police are urging the public to take a taxi, not an e-scooter. In the last few years, the...

Man charged with a number of sex offences with child in Tilbury

SPECIALIST officers who work to protect children from sexual offenders and catch perpetrators have secured three charges against a man. Officers with our Child Abuse...

Essex Police crack down on drink and drug drivers in Thurrock

OFFICERS conducted 17 roadside drink or drug drive tests and made an arrest as part of a clampdown aimed at keeping our roads safe...

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