Essex news

• Terror attack plotter had links to Essex

  23-12-2025 18:18 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, had a “visceral dislike” of Jewish people and wanted to cause “untold harm”, but the plot was scuppered as they unknowingly revealed their plans to an undercover operative (UCO).
  
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• We enjoyed an early Christmas dinner at a cosy farm shop cafe in Essex

  23-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  WE visited a cosy farm shop cafe near Halstead for the second time to try a meal from their Christmas menu.
  
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• Some of the biggest names in darts coming to Colchester for special event

  23-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Colchester is set to host some of the biggest names in darts, including Luke Littler in a special event at Charter Hall.
  
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• Sir Bob gets the all-clear from cancer – and urges people to get checked out

  23-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The former MP, now 79, was diagnosed in July 2024 and started receiving radiotherapy treatment the following month.
  
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• Jailed in Essex: 15 criminals put behind bars throughout December

  23-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  SEVERAL criminals have been put behind bars across Essex this month.
  
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• Colchester private renters to be able to reclaim rent from 'rogue' landlords

  23-12-2025 18:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  From May 1, when the Renters’ Rights Act is in force, this will increase to 24 months regardless of who is making the RRO application.
  
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• Turkey farm disrupted by animal rights protest

  23-12-2025 17:37 via bbc.com
  Police are called to KellyBronze Turkeys after about 30 protesters gather at the farm's entrance.
  
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• East of England Ambulance Service delivers presents with Christmas toy drive

  23-12-2025 17:08 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The East of England Ambulance Service's team in Suffolk and North East Essex held their first-ever Christmas toy drive.
  
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• Southend council elections to go ahead in 2026

  23-12-2025 16:51 via bbc.com
  Its leader says that, despite speculation, the council always planned to hold elections next year.
  
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• Cybersecurity initiative works to protect businesses across Essex

  23-12-2025 16:14 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A new cybersecurity programme is helping protect small and medium businesses across Essex and Suffolk.
  
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• Man jailed for online sex abuse of teen boys

  23-12-2025 16:09 via bbc.com
  Conor Brady used screen recording software to blackmail the teens, a court hears.
  
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• Two crashes cause major traffic around Colchester and on the A12

  23-12-2025 15:51 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  There are two crashes near Colchester causing heavy traffic throughout the city.
  
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• LIVE: Two crashes cause major traffic around Colchester and on the A12

  23-12-2025 15:51 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  There are two crashes near Colchester causing heavy traffic throughout the city.
  
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• Congestion building on A12 near Cochester following reports of incident

  23-12-2025 15:50 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  THE A12 near Colchester is seeing heavy traffic delays following reports of an incident.
  
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• Colchester junction partially blocked with heavy traffic due to crash

  23-12-2025 15:43 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The A134 Via Urbis Romanae southbound is partly blocked at Mill Road due to the collision.
  
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• Best friends excited to open 'lifelong dream' café in Colchester city centre

  23-12-2025 15:32 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  An independent café celebrating Greek heritage and Mediterranean flavours is set to open its doors on Eld Lane later this month.
  
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• Best friends excited to open 'lifelog dream' café in Colchester city centre

  23-12-2025 15:32 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  An independent café celebrating Greek heritage and Mediterranean flavours is set to open its doors on Eld Lane later this month.
  
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• Colchester venue raises more than 140kg of donations for foodbank through poetry bash

  23-12-2025 15:27 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  THE Colchester Arts Centre has raised more than 140kg of food donations for Colchester Foodbank.
  
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• Heavy A12 traffic due to crash near Colchester

  23-12-2025 13:58 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The A12 near Colchester is suffering from heavy traffic due to an earlier crash.
  
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• Cocaine kingpin who fled to Thailand is jailed

  23-12-2025 13:49 via bbc.com
  Det Insp Yoni Adler says this is the "biggest drugs operation Essex Police has ever run".
  
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• We visited Santa's Grotto in Colchester city centre- here's why you should too

  23-12-2025 12:21 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  But a visit to Santa’s Grotto at Lion Walk Courtyard reminded me exactly why this time of year feels so special – especially for families.
  
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• Man jailed for three years after strangling woman in Essex

  23-12-2025 12:20 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Daniel Baptiste, from London, has been jailed for 43 months after being convicted of assault by beating and strangling a woman in Colchester.
  
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• Greater Anglia trains disrupted due to fault at Hatfield Peverel

  23-12-2025 11:46 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  GREATER Anglia trains running through Hatfield Peverel are disrupted due to a fault.
  
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• WATCH: Driver cracks open Stella while speeding prior to serious crash

  23-12-2025 11:45 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Essex Police have released footage from the phone of John Doocey who was jailed for three years following a crash in Frating, Essex.
  
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• Wanted man aboard Amsterdam flight arrested at Essex airport gate

  23-12-2025 11:02 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A wanted man was arrested at a Stansted Airport gate after disembarking a flight from Amsterdam yesterday.
  
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• ROL Cruise in Colchester premieres new advert with Olympic champion

  23-12-2025 11:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Colchester travel company ROL Cruise has premiered a new advert starring Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell.
  
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• Pictured: The four dealers who took over vulnerable woman's home to sell drugs

  23-12-2025 08:55 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  The court heard the defendants cuckooed a vulnerable woman's address and used it for dealing heroin and cocaine.
  
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• Charity devastated after car crashes into hub

  23-12-2025 06:31 via bbc.com
  A charity postpones all its events after a car crashes into its community centre.
  
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• What is it like to live with the A120 on your doorstep? Ask Bradwell

  23-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  What should be a quaint and quiet village has become overrun with traffic thanks to a single-track road akin to a motorway running straight through it.
  
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• The four Essex fire stations which could get full-time firefighters under plans

  23-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) is asking residents to have their say on plans to improve fire engine availability.
  
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• First phase of homes to be listed for Colchester's former barracks 'early next year'

  23-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Gus Newell, of Lexden, is the managing director of Newell Homes, the firm which purchased the former Cavalry Barracks, in Butt Road, after it was put up for sale in September last year.
  
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• Family praises charity offering employment skills for young people with special needs

  23-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Young adults with learning difficulties are being given an opportunity to build meaningful careers thanks to a unique development in Essex.
  
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• Council highlights employment support programmes as unemployment figures rise

  23-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Essex residents are impacted as unemployment rates in the UK have risen to 5.1 per cent, in the three months to October.
  
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• Colchester's The OutHouse launches Christmas appeal for the public and companies

  23-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  A total of £10 could go towards funding a young person's place at a residential or help buy important supplies and £30 could help pay for a counselling session.
  
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• Colchester East Hill cycle lane works 'delayed' with works not starting in January

  23-12-2025 06:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Work on the East Hill cycle lane was due to begin next month, coinciding with redevelopment of the junction at St Botolph's Circus.
  
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