Essex news

• Friday night's T20 Blast round-up

  29-05-2026 23:31 via bbc.com
  
  Kiran Carlson hits a century for Glamorgan as they ease past reigning T20 Blast champions Somerset with more than six overs to spare.
  
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• Major fire at bus depot creates huge smoke cloud

  05-06-2026 23:00 via bbc.com
  
  Crews are called to fight the flames after dozens of buses catch fire.
  
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• Surrey & Blaze bounce back in Women's T20 Blast

  05-06-2026 20:11 via bbc.com
  
  Surrey and The Blaze bounce back from defeat and join Durham in the top three of the 2026 Women's T20 Blast standings.
  
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• Rough sleepers could be fined £100 under new rules

  05-06-2026 17:21 via bbc.com
  
  Rules on anti-social behaviour in Braintree town centre are amended by the local council.
  
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• Mum who killed toddler after court order is jailed

  05-06-2026 17:01 via bbc.com
  
  Oakley Barnett's father says he is "heartbroken and devastated" by the death of his young son.
  
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• Mystery over strange squares on our roads is solved

  05-06-2026 07:39 via bbc.com
  
  National Grid explains what the white painted symbols in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk are.
  
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• Windrush descendant honours ancestors with display

  05-06-2026 07:34 via bbc.com
  
  The stories gathered by Dexter Stewart, aka Papa D, will be on display until September.
  
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• World Cup cash to lift Braintree transfer embargo

  05-06-2026 07:33 via bbc.com
  
  Fifa is due to pay Braintree Town £175,000 for letting one its players take part at the tournament.
  
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• Henry Nowak case: What happened and why has it caused national outrage?

  05-06-2026 07:04 via bbc.com
  
  How a student's murder led to protests, political debate and scrutiny of the police.
  
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• New library policy 'Orwellian', says councillor

  04-06-2026 17:52 via bbc.com
  
  Librarians are being told they can no longer promote events such as Pride and Black History Month.
  
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• Murder suspects bailed after body found in harbour

  04-06-2026 16:39 via bbc.com
  
  Michael Mitchell, 35, from Chelmsford in Essex, is thought to have gone in the water on Friday.
  
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• Murdered toddler Oakley 'captured all our hearts'

  04-06-2026 12:19 via bbc.com
  
  Emma Barnett will be sentenced on Friday for fatally poisoning her son in Loughton.
  
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• Conservative secures return to lead city council

  04-06-2026 11:43 via bbc.com
  
  The Tories in Colchester have struck a coalition deal with the Liberal Democrats.
  
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• Sonny Green reveals next steps after BGT

  04-06-2026 06:03 via bbc.com
  
  The artist from Southend-on-Sea says he wants to inspire young people to get into poetry.
  
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• Railway carriage classrooms inspire pupils

  04-06-2026 06:03 via bbc.com
  
  The carriages in Upshire are for use by the community as well as by primary and pre-school children.
  
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• Essex Women's captain Scrivens signs new deal

  03-06-2026 16:48 via bbc.com
  
  Essex Women's captain Grace Scrivens signs a new two-year deal until the end of the 2028 season.
  
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• Braintree's Smith embracing 'special' New Zealand environment

  02-06-2026 14:49 via bbc.com
  
  Braintree Town defender Tommy Smith is looking forward to the "crowning glory of his career" at the World Cup with New Zealand.
  
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• T20 Blast round-up: Essex defeat Derbyshire

  31-05-2026 21:05 via bbc.com
  
  A round up of the T20 Blast action as Chris Lynn scores an unbeaten century in Northamptonshire's victory over Warwickshire.
  
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• Essex beat Lancashire in Women's T20 Blast

  31-05-2026 16:27 via bbc.com
  
  Surrey and The Blaze both suffer their first defeats of the 2026 Women's T20 Blast on a day that shakes up the top of the standings.
  
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• Women's T20 Blast: Essex beat Yorkshire

  29-05-2026 23:15 via bbc.com
  
  Hampshire register a second tie in four Women's T20 Blast games as table-topping Surrey dramatically maintain their unbeaten start.
  
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• The Essex celebs who got their Freedom

  28-05-2026 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barry Hearn says there's no quirky perks with his freedom of the borough honour.
  
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• Boy with Tourette's refused flight for bomb remark

  27-05-2026 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A boy from Essex with Tourette syndrome was ejected from Gatwick for shouting ‘bomb’.
  
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• Two more men charged in sex offences inquiry

  23-05-2026 19:13 via bbc.com
  
  Essex Police say the men are accused of multiple offences, including rape and sexual assault.
  
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• Morton and Hopper leave Southend after FA Trophy win

  23-05-2026 16:44 via bbc.com
  
  James Morton and Tom Hopper are leaving Southend United after helping the Shrimpers beat Wealdstone on penalties to lift the FA Trophy.
  
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• Van driver prosecuted for tooting horn at friend

  23-05-2026 16:06 via bbc.com
  
  A police officer tells a court the horn had not been sounded to warn other road users of danger.
  
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• Take a look inside this endangered Grade II venue

  23-05-2026 13:01 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC is allowed inside the Grade II listed Kursaal, which now has a new leaseholder.
  
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• Southend boss hopes to appoint coach in 'next three weeks'

  23-05-2026 12:59 via bbc.com
  
  Justin Rees speaks to BBC Essex Sport for the first time since the sacking of coach Kevin Maher.
  
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• Colchester finally gets its big-screen moment

  23-05-2026 07:15 via bbc.com
  
  The city's long-awaited Vue cinema finally opens its doors after years of uncertainty.
  
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• Fantastical snails on display for the first time

  23-05-2026 07:01 via bbc.com
  
  The book Snails for All by Edward Bawden will be on show alongside work created by schoolchildren.
  
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• Essex lose to Sharks in T20 Blast opener

  22-05-2026 23:24 via bbc.com
  
  All the details of the first round of T20 Blast matches, as Somerset start their title defence by repeating their 2025 final win over Hampshire.
  
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