The Latest Breaking News from Essex

Amazon staff protests spread to multiple UK depots over pay dispute

Workers say retailer offering ‘insulting’ pay rise given pandemic and cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022

Mother of boy, 12, mown down by schizophrenic driver warned police he would ‘kill children’

Essex mother Jo Fricker, 35, branded findings of an IOPC investigation “insulting,” saying they “mock” her son Harley Watson’s memory

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022

An island walk to a great pub: the White Hart, Essex

A tour of Britain’s most easterly inhabited island – Mersea – reveals centuries of history, and a newly revamped pub

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022

Hundreds of Amazon workers down tools at Essex warehouse over ‘pathetic’ 35p an hour pay rise

Pay protest comes as inflation is expected to peak at 13% this year

Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2022

Desperate plea issued after 20 puppies dumped in crate in layby

The RSPCA has launched an investigation after 20 puppies were abandoned near Fryerning in Essex - it is believed they are from two or possibly more different litters

Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022

Hundreds of Amazon staff in Essex stop work in protest at 35p pay rise

Union says about 700 workers in Tilbury warehouse joined action and some faced disciplinary measures

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2022

Timeline in the case of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee

Here is what has happened so far in the last four months since the schoolboy suffered a severe brain injury at home in Essex.

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

Essex ambulance centre goes up in flames as firefighters attempt to tackle raging blaze

Fire crews raced to the "heavily smoke logged" industrial unit, which is thought to house Ambulance Transfers Ltd, early this morning and advised locals to keep their windows and doors shut

Daily Mirror · Aug 3, 2022

Robin Das eager to grab any Essex chances during Royal London Cup campaign

Batter Das, who has Bangladesh heritage, spoke during South Asian Heritage Month

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Blooming Essex garden points to future of horticulture in a heating UK

RHS Hyde Hall has made a virtue of its position in the driest county in England by embracing adaptable plants

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022