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Police search for man missing from South Ockendon

STATEMENT from Essex Police: "We are appealing for the public's help to find 36-year-old Steven Brownlie, who is missing from South Ockendon. 

Grays lorry deaths: Marius Draghici jailed for more than 12 years

A PEOPLE trafficker has been jailed for 12 years and seven months over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who died in a lorry container reports then BBC.

South Ockendon Police Station set to go up for sale

THE former police station at South Ockendon is to go up for sale as part of Essex Police delivering their Estate Strategy and the...

Appeal for witnesses after theft and assault in Grays

IT was reported a yellow mountain bike was taken from outside the railway station and a black mountain bike from outside South Essex College on the High Street.

Four convicted over armed incident at Lakeside Retail Park

FOUR people have been convicted for their parts in an armed incident in Grays thanks to the work of investigators in our serious crime directorate.

Policing is making progress in some areas, but forces still need to get a grip on performance

POLICE forces have improved in several areas in recent years, but the public is still being failed too often, the police inspectorate has warned. Police...

Cannabis worth £3m seized in Essex Police raids

CANNABIS valued at almost £3m has been seized in Essex as part of a crackdown on organised crime groups involved in the drug’s sale.

Essex Police detective guilty of gross misconduct over sex comments

A FORMER Essex Police officer who behaved inappropriately towards a colleague has been found to have committed gross misconduct.  Former DS Nicholas Worton had been...

Covid-19 fraudster attempted to target Thurrock Council

A ‘sickening’ fraudster who scammed Rochdale council and two other local authorities out of nearly £200,000 through a Covid-19 support scheme has avoided prison reports the Local Democracy Service.

Essex Police claim incidents of anti-social behaviour have dropped by 31% in past year

INCIDENTS of anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Essex have dropped by 31.3% in the past year, with 8,562 fewer offences recorded.

Police appeal after fatal collision on A13

ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A13 yesterday (Saturday).

Appeal after teenage boy stabbed in Grays

OFFICERS were called to Chestnut Avenue shortly before 10pm on Friday, 30 June following reports of a boy being seriously assaulted. 

Essex Chief Constable: “Police officers must be fairly paid or we risk losing them” as 71 new officers pass out

THIRTY-seven woman and 34 men passed out in front of their friends and family, Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Essex Roger Hirst, and the High Sherriff Mr Charles Bishop and Mrs Bishop at Essex Police headquarters today (Friday 30 June).

Essex Police battle large number of robberies at Lakeside

POLICE Officers from Lakeside and Grays community policing teams have joined forces to conduct high-visibility patrols of Lakeside shopping centre as an attempted deterrent to youths committing robberies and anti-social behaviour.

Two Grays businessmen told to expect “lengthy sentences” after series of thefts

GRAEME Loveland, 70 of West Hanningfield, Chelmsford and Dennis Wakeling, 83 of High Road Orsett appeared at Basildon Crown Court on Tuesday 27th June 2023 where, following a 4 week trial, the pair were found guilty of multiple offences.

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